Bird in shade beneath dome? (8)
I believe the answer is:
nuthatch
'bird in shade beneath dome?' is the definition.
I know that 'bird' relates to this answer.
'bird in shade beneath' is the wordplay.
'bird in' becomes 'nut' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'shade' becomes 'hatch' (I've seen this before).
'beneath' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'nut'+'hatch'='NUTHATCH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nuthatch that I've seen before include "Singer" , "Flier" , "Climbing songbird" , "[FEATHERED FRIEND]" , "Songbird feeding on insects and kernels" .)