Understanding directions about shelter put up in centre (7,8)
I believe the answer is:
entente cordiale
'understanding' is the definition.
(entente cordiale is a kind of understanding)
'directions about shelter put up in centre' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'directions' could be 'en' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'en' is found in the answer.
'about' could be 'c' (circa abbreviation) and 'c' is found within the answer.
'shelter' could be 'tent' (tent is a kind of shelter) and 'tent' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entente cordiale that I've seen before include "Understanding" , "Agreement" .)