Projected piece of playground equipment (5)
I believe the answer is:
slide
'playground equipment' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'projected piece' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'piece' could be 'lid' (lid is a kind of piece) and 'lid' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'se' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slide that I've seen before include "Microscope glass" , "Picture" , "that's put under the microscope" , "Playground structure" , "Drop" .)