Cultivate distance from unpleasant type of smell (8)
I believe the answer is:
farmyard
'unpleasant type of smell' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'cultivate distance' is the wordplay.
'cultivate' becomes 'farm' (farming is a kind of cultivating).
'distance' becomes 'yard' (I've seen this before).
'farm'+'yard'='FARMYARD'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for farmyard that I've seen before include "Marry fad (anag)" , "Coarse" , "rural spot" , "Rural enclosure" , "Agricultural enclosure" .)