Soprano caught top of nail in make-up sponge (8)
I believe the answer is:
scrounge
'sponge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'soprano caught top of nail in make-up' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'soprano' could be 's' (musical abbreviation) and 's' is present in the answer.
'caught' could be 'c' (cricket abbreviation) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scrounge that I've seen before include "Obtain (something) for free" , "Obtain by begging" , "Try to get hold of" , "Cur's gone (anag) - beg" , "bum" .)