Covers single, taken to embody true country albums? (7)
I believe the answer is:
atlases
'country albums?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'covers single taken to embody' is the wordplay.
'covers' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'covers of' mean this).
'taken' becomes 'atlas' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to embody' is an insertion indicator.
'single' with its middle taken out is 'se'.
'se' inserted into 'atlas' is 'ATLASES'.
'true' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for atlases that I've seen before include "Map books" , "Cartographical works" , "Book of maps" , "Books of maps" , "Sea salt (anag.)" .)