Put on before mid-morning, perhaps, by daughter (7)
I believe the answer is:
pretend
'put on' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'mid-morning perhaps by daughter' is the wordplay.
'mid-morning' becomes 'ten' (I've seen this in another clue).
'perhaps' becomes 'pre' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'ten' put after 'pre' is 'preten'.
'preten'+'d'='PRETEND'
'before' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pretend that I've seen before include "bluff" , "Behave unnaturally" , "Simulate - make up" , "Profess falsely" , "make a false claim" .)