Kickstart evening, covering award (10)
I believe the answer is:
knighthood
'award' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'kickstart evening covering' is the wordplay.
'kickstart' becomes 'k' (start of the word 'kick').
'evening' becomes 'night' (I've seen this before).
'covering' becomes 'hood' (hood is a kind of covering).
'k'+'night'+'hood'='KNIGHTHOOD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for knighthood that I've seen before include "High honour" , "bishop's neighbour" , "Title" , "Order of chivalry" .)