Dry bed at start of evening — somehow it may help child rest? (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
teddy bear
'it may help child rest?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'dry bed at start of evening somehow' is the wordplay.
'start of' says to take the initial letters.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
The first letter of 'evening' is 'e'.
'dry'+'bed'+'at'+'e'='drybedate'
'drybedate' anagrammed gives 'TEDDY BEAR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for teddy bear that I've seen before include "Fetishistic toy" , "Maybe Winnie" , "Soft toy" , "Cuddly toy, named after President Roosevelt" , "Cuddly ursine" .)