Active type at hotel permitted opening of escalator (7)
I believe the answer is:
athlete
'active type' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'at hotel permitted opening of escalator' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'permitted' becomes 'let' (I've seen this before).
'opening of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'escalator' is 'e'.
'at'+'h'+'let'+'e'='ATHLETE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for athlete that I've seen before include "front-runner, possibly" , "Track and field competitor" , "Track or field sportsperson" , "Player" , "The tale (anag)" .)