Electrical device suitable during repairs to road (7)
I believe the answer is:
adaptor
'electrical device' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'suitable during repairs to road' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'suitable' could be 'apt' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'apt' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'road' is 'ador' which is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adaptor that I've seen before include "Kind of electric plug" , "Electrical convertor" , "Device that enables more than one plug per socket" , "Device for connecting multiple plugs (O, not E)" , "Electrical device" .)