Boy on firm covered with great praise (8)
I believe the answer is:
accolade
'boy on firm covered with great praise' is the definition.
'accolade' can be an answer for 'praise' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'boy on firm covered with great' bit.
'on firm covered with great praise' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'on' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'covered' could be 'clad' ('clothe' can be a synonym of 'cover') and 'clad' is present in the leftover letters.
'great' could be 'ace' (ace can informally mean very good) and 'ace' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for accolade that I've seen before include "Praise or approval - or elevation to knighthood" , "Praise, or touch on shoulder to confer knighthood" , "Award, originally of knighthood" , "Praise publicly given" , "Praise, as in conferring knighthood" .)