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A very good sign for "Drone-flying areas"? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

apiaries

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'drone-flying areas?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'a very good sign' is the wordplay.
'very good' becomes 'pi' (I've seen this in other clues).
'sign' becomes 'aries' (star sign).
'a'+'pi'+'aries'='APIARIES'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for apiaries that I've seen before include "Places where bee-hives are kept, honey farms" , "Places where bees are kept and nurtured" , "many buzzers!" , "Bee houses" , "Strange sepia air for the Apis families" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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