Mother unhappy about the name on magazine's cover? (8)
I believe the answer is:
masthead
'name on magazine's cover?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'mother unhappy about the' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'ma' (Ma is another word for mother or mum).
'unhappy' becomes 'sad' (similar in meaning).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sad' enclosing 'the' is 'sthead'.
'ma'+'sthead'='MASTHEAD'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for masthead that I've seen before include "Newspaper identity" , "on newspaper cover" , "Printed newspaper details" , "Top of pole" , "Times title here?" .)