Course for athletes to be taken up? (6)
I believe the answer is:
runway
'course' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'for athletes to be taken up?' is the wordplay.
'for athletes' becomes 'run' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to be' becomes 'yaw' (yawing is a kind of being).
'taken up?' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'yaw' reversed gives 'way'.
'run'+'way'='RUNWAY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for runway that I've seen before include "Take-off/landing strip" , "takeoff point" , "Track for takeoff and landing" , "Take-off tarmac" , "Strip on which planes taxi" .)