Borders of Everglades - pretty spot (4)
I believe the answer is:
espy
'spot' is the definition.
(I know that spot can be written as espy)
'borders of everglades pretty' is the wordplay.
'borders of' suggests removing the centre.
'pretty' becomes 'py' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'everglades' with its middle removed is 'es'.
'es'+'py'='ESPY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for espy that I've seen before include "Spot at a distance" , "Observe, notice" , "Catch a glimpse of" , "Pick out at a distance" , "Make out at a distance" .)