A cleaner - Martha, Norma or Lulu, maybe - will look at it in the middle of the day. (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
soap opera
'a cleaner martha norma or lulu maybe will look at it in the middle of the day' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'cleaner martha norma or lulu maybe will look at it in the middle of the day' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cleaner' could be 'soap' (soap is a kind of cleaner) and 'soap' is located in the answer.
'norma' could be 'opera' (opera by Vincenzo Bellini) and 'opera' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "addictive programme?" , "Fair City or Coronation Street, say" , ""Coronation Street", for example" , "TV or radio series of everyday events" , "Eg, Coronation Street" .)