Around middle of recital, pass wind (4)
I believe the answer is:
coil
'wind' is the definition.
(coiling is a kind of winding)
'around middle of recital pass' is the wordplay.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'middle of' indicates the central letters.
'pass' becomes 'col' (col is a term for a mountain pass).
The middle letter of 'recital' is 'i'.
'i' inserted within 'col' is 'COIL'.
(Other definitions for coil that I've seen before include "Wind (wire, rope, etc)" , "Convolute" , "Wind round and round in loops" , "Curl, loop" , "Something wound" .)