Explore area for play, given limits of Cymbeline (5)
I believe the answer is:
recce
'explore area for play given limits of cymbeline' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'area for play given limits of cymbeline' is the wordplay.
'area' becomes 'ec'.
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'play given' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'limits of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'cymbeline' with its middle taken out is 'ce'.
'ec' put after 'r' is 'rec'.
'rec'+'ce'='RECCE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for recce that I've seen before include "Military observation" , "Reconnaissance" , "Shufti" , "look round" , "Advance exploration" .)