The ladies with foreign footballers from Long Beach and Glen Cove, for example, taking in Long Island (10)
I believe the answer is:
facilities
'the ladies' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'foreign footballers from long beach and glen cove for example taking in long island' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'footballers' could be 'fa' (Football Association abbreviation) and 'fa' is present in the answer.
'long' could be 'l' and 'l' is found within the answer.
'island' could be 'i' and 'i' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'cities' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for facilities that I've seen before include "Services" , "amenities" .)