Ideal song playing nearby (9)
I believe the answer is:
alongside
'nearby' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'ideal song playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'ideal'+'song'='idealsong'
'idealsong' is an anagram of 'ALONGSIDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alongside that I've seen before include "close to a bank" , "Next to - alien dogs (anag)" , "Age-old sin (anag.)" , "Lying close to" , "next door" .)