Dandy’s invitation to flyer to pay a quick visit? (8)
I believe the answer is:
popinjay
'dandy's' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'flyer to pay a quick visit?' is the wordplay.
'flyer' becomes 'jay' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'pay a quick visit?' becomes 'popin' (I've seen this in another clue).
'jay' put after 'popin' is 'POPINJAY'.
'invitation to' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for popinjay that I've seen before include "Conceited person" , "Foppish type" , "vain sort" , "Coxcomb" , "Strutting fop" .)