Lives to ride, escapes outside in summer (7)
I believe the answer is:
resides
'lives' is the definition.
(to reside somewhere is to live there)
'ride escapes outside in summer' is the wordplay.
'outside' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'summer' becomes 's' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'escapes' with its middle taken out is 'es'.
'ride' placed around 'es' is 'reside'.
'reside'+'s'='RESIDES'
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for resides that I've seen before include "stays required" , "stayed in Scotland" , "Lives, dwells" , "stays in Peebles" , "Sojourns" .)