Carelessly misclue “tape” as “buried record” (4,7)
I believe the answer is:
time capsule
'buried record' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'carelessly misclue tape' is the wordplay.
'carelessly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'misclue'+'tape'='miscluetape'
'miscluetape' is an anagram of 'TIME CAPSULE'.
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for time capsule that I've seen before include "Container buried with items to be discovered in the far future" , "Container laid down for future" , "Record for posterity" , "Box buried today to be found some time in the future" .)