Leave adviser circling street and head for empty shop (10,5)
I believe the answer is:
department store
'shop' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'leave adviser circling street and head for empty' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'leave' could be 'depart' (departing is a kind of leaving) and 'depart' is located in the answer.
'street' could be 'st' (abbreviation) and 'st' is present in the answer.
'adviser' could be 'mentor' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'mentor' is located in the remaining letters.
'empty' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. on guages) and 'e' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for department store that I've seen before include "shopping centre" , "place on the high street" , "Big shop" , "large shop" , "Building" .)