Rival neighbours secure good survey (7)
I believe the answer is:
viewing
'survey' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'rival neighbours secure good' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'rival' could be 'vie' (vie can mean to rival or struggle) and 'vie' is found in the answer.
'secure' could be 'win' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'win' is present in the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for viewing that I've seen before include "What's done in front of the TV" , "Surveying" , "people in front of TV?" , "Opportunity to see" .)