Go over nude beach? Heartily excited (9)
I believe the answer is:
endeavour
'go' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'over nude beach? heartily excited' is the wordplay.
'heartily' indicates the central letters.
'excited' is an anagram indicator.
The central letter of 'beach' is 'a'.
'over'+'nude'+'a'='overnudea'
'overnudea' with letters rearranged gives 'ENDEAVOUR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for endeavour that I've seen before include "Enterprise; earnest effort" , "Undertaking" , "Determined attempt" , "Morse" , "hard work" .)