A king's to change into animal hide? (8)
I believe the answer is:
goatskin
'animal hide?' is the definition.
'goatskin' can be an answer for 'hide?' (goatskin is a kind of hide). I am not sure about the 'animal' bit.
'a king's to change' is the wordplay.
'change' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'kings'+'to'='akingsto'
'akingsto' is an anagram of 'GOATSKIN'.
'into' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for goatskin that I've seen before include "Type of leather - a song kit (anag)" , "Billy's hide?" , "Leather - wine holder of old" , "Hide Billy or Nanny" , "Leather from nanny or billy?" .)