Daughter needs sunshade at start of day (7)
I believe the answer is:
dawning
'start of day' is the definition.
'dawning' can be an answer for 'start' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'of day' bit.
'daughter needs sunshade' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'needs' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sunshade' becomes 'awning' (synonyms).
'd'+'awning'='DAWNING'
'at' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dawning that I've seen before include "Daybreak; first appearance (of something)" , "Becoming day" , "Daybreak; beginning" .)