Children between old river and a road to source of fruit? (7)
I believe the answer is:
orchard
'source of fruit?' is the definition.
(place where fruit trees grow)
'children between old river and a road' is the wordplay.
'children' becomes 'ch' (genealogical abbreviation).
'between' is an insertion indicator.
'old river' becomes 'or' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'or'+'a'='ora'
'ch' going inside 'ora' is 'orcha'.
'orcha'+'rd'='ORCHARD'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orchard that I've seen before include "Place for abundant fruit" , "One may grow fruit" , "It produces fruit" , "Clump of fruit trees" , "Group of fruit trees" .)