Putting taverns around a road shows guts (7)
I believe the answer is:
innards
'guts' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'putting taverns around a road' is the wordplay.
'putting taverns' becomes 'inns' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'a'+'rd'='ard'
'inns' enclosing 'ard' is 'INNARDS'.
'shows' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for innards that I've seen before include "Internal organs" , "Guts of mechanism" , "Works" , "Insides" , "Informally, stomach and bowels" .)