Maybe maiden beginning to smile got ring and married veiled? (12)
I believe the answer is:
overshadowed
'veiled?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'maybe maiden beginning to smile got ring and married' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'got' could be 'had' ('have' can be a synonym of 'get') and 'had' is present in the answer.
'ring' could be 'o' (letter resembling a ring) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'married' could be 'wed' (similar in meaning) and 'wed' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'verso' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overshadowed that I've seen before include "Outshone" , "Eclipsed" .)