Some covering provided by item in nude musical? (9)
I believe the answer is:
hairpiece
'nude musical?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.
'some covering provided by item' is the wordplay.
'some covering' becomes 'hair' (hair is a kind of covering).
'provided by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'item' becomes 'piece' (piece is a kind of item).
'hair'+'piece'='HAIRPIECE'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hairpiece that I've seen before include "rug" , "Using switch" , "Switch, for instance" , "A wig or switch to supplement scalp covering" , "False addition to existing growth on the head" .)