Recalls Pat Pipe opening and closing the binder everyone uses in a number of makeshift solutions (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
duct tape
'everyone uses in a number of makeshift solutions' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'recalls pat pipe opening and closing the binder' is the wordplay.
'recalls' says the letters should be written in reverse (I've seen 'recall of' mean this).
'pat pipe opening' becomes 'cu' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'closing' indicates one should take the final letters (the letter which ends or closes the word).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'binder' becomes 'tape' (I've seen this before).
The final letter of 'and' is 'd'.
'cu'+'d'='cud'
'cud' in reverse letter order is 'duc'.
'duc'+'t'+'tape'='DUCT TAPE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for duct tape that I've seen is " What may reduce leaks".)