My ideal place — it's found by the coast (8)
I believe the answer is:
corniche
'coast' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'my ideal place it's found by' is the wordplay.
'my' becomes 'cor' (both are expressions of surprise).
'ideal place' becomes 'niche' (niche is a kind of place. I am not sure about the 'ideal' bit.).
'it's found by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cor'+'niche'='CORNICHE'
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for corniche that I've seen before include "Roller" , "way along cliff edge" , "coast road by a cliff face" , "cliff route" , "Cliff-side road" .)