Bound covers of TIME article on centre of ledge (8)
I believe the answer is:
tethered
'bound' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)
'covers of time article on centre of ledge' is the wordplay.
'covers of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'article on centre of ledge' becomes 'thered' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'time' with its middle taken out is 'te'.
'te'+'thered'='TETHERED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tethered that I've seen before include "Tied (animals) up" , "Fastened with rope or chain, like animal" , "Bound" , "Tied to something with a rope" , "Confined in range by tied rope" .)