Prisoner and copper get right to housing payment, side by side (10)
I believe the answer is:
concurrent
'side by side' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'prisoner and copper get right to housing payment' is the wordplay.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'copper' becomes 'cu' (chemical symbol).
'get right' becomes 'r' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to housing payment' becomes 'rent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'con'+'cu'+'r'+'rent'='CONCURRENT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for concurrent that I've seen before include "Working together" , "acting together" , "Cooperating with" .)