Find clubs in the centre close on Thursday (7)
I believe the answer is:
unearth
'find' is the definition.
(unearthing is a kind of finding)
'clubs in the centre close on thursday' is the wordplay.
'in the centre' indicates the central letters.
'close' becomes 'near' ('near' can be a synonym of 'close'**).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'thursday' becomes 'th' ('Th' can be a synonym of 'thursday').
The middle letter of 'clubs' is 'u'.
'u'+'near'+'th'='UNEARTH'
(Other definitions for unearth that I've seen before include "Exhume" , "Excavate, dig up" , "Disinter" , "Discover" , "dredge up" .)