Tell made a bolt lifting speed (7)
I believe the answer is:
narrate
'tell' is the definition.
(I know that tell can be written as narrate)
'a bolt lifting speed' is the wordplay.
'a bolt' becomes 'ran' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'lifting' is a reversal indicator.
'speed' becomes 'rate' (the speed at which something happens).
'ran' backwards is 'nar'.
'nar'+'rate'='NARRATE'
'made' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for narrate that I've seen before include "Relate, recount" , "Report; tell" , "tell tales" , "'Recount, tell (7)'" , "Give (film) commentary" .)