Upset Eliot with wrong covers (6,2)
I believe the answer is:
stands in
'covers' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I don't see how they can define each other.
'upset eliot with wrong' is the wordplay.
'upset' says the letters should be written backwards.
'eliot' becomes 'ts' (poet TS Eliot).
'with' becomes 'and'.
'wrong' becomes 'sin' (wrong can mean a sin or crime).
'ts' back-to-front is 'st'.
'st'+'and'+'sin'='STANDS IN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stands in that I've seen before include "acts for the moment" , "Deputises" , "Substitutes" , "deputy" , "Acts as a substitute" .)