More than over-protected? (7)
I believe the answer is:
covered
'protected?' is the definition.
(covering is a kind of protecting)
'more than over' is the wordplay.
'more' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'than' becomes 'ced' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'over' inserted inside 'ced' is 'COVERED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for covered that I've seen before include "given protection" , "Concealed; roofed over" , "Overlaid with something" , "Reported" , "Travelled (a distance); protected" .)