Lovers travelling around American city turning up in protective clothing (8)
I believe the answer is:
overalls
'lovers travelling around american city turning up in protective clothing' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'lovers travelling around american city turning up' is the wordplay.
'travelling' is an anagram indicator.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'american city' becomes 'la' (abbreviation for Los Angeles).
'turning up' is a reversal indicator.
'la' backwards is 'al'.
'lovers' is an anagram of 'overls'.
'overls' going around 'al' is 'OVERALLS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overalls that I've seen before include "Boiler suit" , "Dungarees" , "Save roll (anag.)" , "Protective wear" , "Protective garment" .)