Water regulators producing fury in pubs (8)
I believe the answer is:
barrages
'water regulators' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'fury in pubs' is the wordplay.
'fury' becomes 'rage' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'pubs' becomes 'bars' (a bar is a pub).
'rage' going inside 'bars' is 'BARRAGES'.
'producing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barrages that I've seen before include "Rapid and continuous deliveries, of gunfire perhaps" , "Bombardments, onslaughts" , "Continuous showers of shell" .)