Man after map in wood (8)
I believe the answer is:
planking
'wood' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'man after map' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of man).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'map' becomes 'plan' (I've seen this in another clue).
'king' put after 'plan' is 'PLANKING'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for planking that I've seen before include "Boards" , "Floorboards" , "lots of wood" , "Basic floor" .)