Wherein the cows get extras around mid-afternoon? (5)
I believe the answer is:
byres
'wherein the cows' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'extras around mid-afternoon?' is the wordplay.
'extras' becomes 'byes' (I've seen this before).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'mid' means to look at the middle letters (mid- can mean the middle of something).
The centre of 'afternoon' is 'r'.
'byes' placed around 'r' is 'BYRES'.
'get' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for byres that I've seen before include "Barns for cows" , "where some of the stock may be kept" , "Cowsheds" .)