Attempt to conceal woman in workshop (7)
I believe the answer is:
tannery
'workshop' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'attempt to conceal woman' is the wordplay.
'attempt to' becomes 'try' (I've seen this in other clues).
'conceal' indicates putting letters inside.
'woman' becomes 'anne' (woman's name).
'try' placed around 'anne' is 'TANNERY'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tannery that I've seen before include "Rather like sun lamp, arguably" , "skin treatment centre" , "where hides are treated" , "Leather factory" , "Leather works" .)