Examination ends on fine ancient shroud (6)
I believe the answer is:
enfold
'shroud' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'examination ends on fine ancient' is the wordplay.
'ends' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'ancient' becomes 'old' ('old' can be similar in meaning to 'ancient').
'examination' with its centre removed is 'en'.
'en'+'f'+'old'='ENFOLD'
(Other definitions for enfold that I've seen before include "Embrace, envelop" , "Hug" , "Fondle (anag)" , "Clasp" , "Wrap up" .)