Coops up in humid spaces? No, the reverse (8)
I believe the answer is:
encloses
'no the reverse' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'coops up in humid spaces?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'humid' could be 'close' (I've seen this before) and 'close' is found within the answer.
'spaces?' could be 'ens' (in printing, spaces as wide as a letter 'n') and 'ens' is present in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for encloses that I've seen before include "Girdles" , "Fences in or includes with the letter" , "Enfolds or confines" .)