Raised fish I had netted in Home Counties sheltered area (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
lee side
'sheltered area' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'raised fish i had netted in home counties' is the wordplay.
'raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'fish' becomes 'eel' (eel is a kind of fish).
'i had' becomes 'I'd' (contraction).
'netted in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'home counties' becomes 'se' (Home Counties in the South East of England).
'eel' in reverse letter order is 'lee'.
'id' going inside 'se' is 'side'.
'lee'+'side'='LEE SIDE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lee side that I've seen before include "By the banks in Cork" , "Needing area of respite" , "Face sheltered from the wind" , "Area away from wind" , "away from the weather here" .)