Block in later version covers very short distance (7)
I believe the answer is:
trammel
'block' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'later version covers very short distance' is the wordplay.
'version' is an anagram indicator.
'covers' indicates putting letters inside.
'very short distance' becomes 'mm' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'later' with letters rearranged gives 'trael'.
'trael' placed around 'mm' is 'TRAMMEL'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trammel that I've seen before include "Hobble" , "Hinder - impede" , "Constrain, impede" , "Hindrance" , "Limit, hamper" .)