To the sheltered side, fighting evident between Yorkshiremen? (8)
I believe the answer is:
leewards
'yorkshiremen?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'to the sheltered side fighting evident' is the wordplay.
'to the sheltered side' becomes 'lee' (as in lee side, the side sheltered from wind).
'fighting' becomes 'war'.
'evident' becomes 'ds' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lee'+'war'+'ds'='LEEWARDS'
'between' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leewards that I've seen before include "Toward the sheltered side" , "Toward the sheltered sides" , "The side that is sheltered from the wind" , "Towards the sheltered side" .)