Female in meadow allowed a bit of advertising material? (7)
I believe the answer is:
leaflet
'advertising material?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'female in meadow allowed' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'meadow' becomes 'lea' (a lea is a grassy area).
'allowed' becomes 'let' (to let is to allow or permit).
'lea'+'let'='lealet'
'f' placed within 'lealet' is 'LEAFLET'.
'a bit of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leaflet that I've seen before include "Sheet of paper giving information" , "very little greenery" , "Distribute small circulars" , "Circular - flat eel (anag)" , "Handout sheet" .)