Erect barriers around security device in poor quarter (8)
I believe the answer is:
blockade
'erect barriers around security device in poor quarter' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'around security device in poor quarter' is the wordplay.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'security device' becomes 'lock' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in poor' becomes 'bad' (similar in meaning. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'quarter' becomes 'e'.
'lock' placed into 'bad' is 'blockad'.
'blockad'+'e'='BLOCKADE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for blockade that I've seen before include "Isolation of place by sea" , "Siege" , "Closure of port to prevent entry or exit" , "Seal off (a place)" , "Cut off" .)