Woods welcoming cheers bearing anticipation (9)
I believe the answer is:
foretaste
'anticipation' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'woods welcoming cheers bearing' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'cheers' could be 'ta' (both can informally mean thank you) and 'ta' is located in the answer.
'woods' could be 'forest' (synonyms) and 'forest' is found within the remaining letters.
'bearing' could be 'e' (East, a compass bearing or direction) and 'e' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for foretaste that I've seen before include "Sample of what's ahead" , "Preview" , "Sample of something that lies ahead" , "Early experience" , "Anticipatory experience" .)