Despatched to welcome hairstyle in coastal area (8)
I believe the answer is:
seafront
'coastal area' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'despatched to welcome hairstyle' is the wordplay.
'despatched' becomes 'sent' (to despatch is to send off).
'to welcome' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are welcomed in).
'hairstyle' becomes 'afro' (type of hairstyle).
'sent' going around 'afro' is 'SEAFRONT'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seafront that I've seen before include "promenade" , "No faster (anag)" , "that's where the waves come in" , "Prom?" .)