Bells across the meadow, perhaps? (5)
I believe the answer is:
tents
'bells' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'across the meadow perhaps?' is the wordplay.
'across' is an insertion indicator.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'meadow perhaps?' becomes 'tens' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
't' put into 'tens' is 'TENTS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tents that I've seen before include "Temporary shelters" , "Canvas shelters" , "Accommodation" , "Portable shelters" .)