Commitments made plain by a band (9)
I believe the answer is:
manifesto
'commitments made plain by a band' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'made plain by a band' is the wordplay.
'made plain' becomes 'manifest' (synonyms. I am not sure about the 'made' bit.).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a band' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'manifest'+'o'='MANIFESTO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manifesto that I've seen before include "Party's publicly declared aims" , "Public declaration of intent" , "Pre-election promises" , "electoral programme" , "Statement of beliefs" .)