English bachelor with somewhere to lie went out on the beach (5)
I believe the answer is:
ebbed
'lie went out on the beach' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'english bachelor with somewhere' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'bachelor' becomes 'B' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'somewhere' becomes 'bed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'e'+'b'+'bed'='EBBED'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ebbed that I've seen before include "Flowed back or receded" , "Went out like tide" , "Diminished" .)