Bow concerning aide sheltering in castle (8)
I believe the answer is:
forepart
'bow' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'concerning aide sheltering in castle' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'concerning' could be 're' (both can mean on a particular topic) and 're' is present in the answer.
'aide' could be 'pa' (abbreviation for personal assistant) and 'pa' is found within the answer.
'castle' could be 'fort' (fort is a type of castle) and 'fort' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?