Times when a boy's engulfed in the waves (7)
I believe the answer is:
seasons
'times' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to time as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a boy's engulfed in the waves' is the wordplay.
'a boy's engulfed' becomes 'son' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the waves' becomes 'seas' (I've seen this in another clue).
'son' put within 'seas' is 'SEASONS'.
'when' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seasons that I've seen before include "Adds herbs or spices" , "Spring, Summer etc" , "Divisions of the year" , "Flavours the times of the year" , "Flavours food" .)