Cover short curls in nice soapy bubbles (9,6)
I believe the answer is:
insurance policy
'cover' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'short curls in nice soapy bubbles' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'bubbles' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'bubbling' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'curls' with its final letter taken away is 'curl'.
'curl'+'in'+'nice'+'soapy'='curlinnicesoapy'
'curlinnicesoapy' anagrammed gives 'INSURANCE POLICY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for insurance policy that I've seen is " contract that offers protection".)