Surrey’s opener, supported by Oval, bats a barrage of shots (5)
I believe the answer is:
salvo
'shots' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'surrey's opener supported by oval bats' is the wordplay.
'opener' suggests taking the first letters.
'supported by' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'bats' is an anagram indicator (slang for mad).
The first letter of 'surrey' is 's'.
'oval' with letters rearranged gives 'alvo'.
's'+'alvo'='SALVO'
'a barrage of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salvo that I've seen before include "Simultaneous burst of gunfire" , "Round of fire" , "concentrated fire" , "Simultaneous discharge of weapons" , "A simultaneous salute of guns" .)