Boy beside lapping waves maybe in summer? (6)
I believe the answer is:
season
'in summer?' is the definition.
'season' can be an answer for 'summer?' (summer is a kind of season). I am not sure about the 'in' bit.
'boy beside lapping waves' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'son' (male child).
'beside' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'lapping waves' becomes 'sea' (the sea has waves).
'son' after 'sea' is 'SEASON'.
'maybe' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for season that I've seen before include "Time of 9" , "spring, perhaps" , "eg.Summer" , "Add flavouring" , "Add flavourings" .)