Tenor managed to pose - giving a going-over (7)
I believe the answer is:
transit
'a going-over' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'tenor managed to pose' is the wordplay.
'tenor' becomes 't'.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to pose' becomes 'sit' (sitting is a kind of posing).
't'+'ran'+'sit'='TRANSIT'
'giving' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for transit that I've seen before include "Pass across" , "Act of passing across" , "Crossing - passage" , "Travel" , "Movement from place to place" .)