Seafaring lady embraces boy (8)
I believe the answer is:
maritime
'seafaring lady embraces boy' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'seafaring lady embraces boy' is the wordplay.
'seafaring lady' becomes 'marie' (I am not sure about the 'seafaring' bit.).
'embraces' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'boy' becomes 'Tim' (short for Timothy).
'marie' going around 'tim' is 'MARITIME'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for maritime that I've seen before include "Bordering on the sea" , "Connected to the sea and sea-faring" , "Nautical" , "Relating to the sea" , "Concerned with the main" .)