Part of airport to strip bare enemies (8)
I believe the answer is:
arrivals
'part of airport to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'strip bare enemies' is the wordplay.
'strip' says to take the centre (I've seen 'stripping' mean this).
'enemies' becomes 'rivals' (similar meaning).
The middle letters of 'bare' are 'ar'.
'ar'+'rivals'='ARRIVALS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for arrivals that I've seen before include "They're seen coming from a plane into the airport" , "Airport terminal area" , "first sight of JFK?" , "Incoming passengers at airport" , "They reach" .)