Direct view of Spooner's indication of dawn? (4,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
line of sight
'direct view' is the definition.
'line of sight' can be an answer for 'view' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'direct' bit.
'of spooner's indication of dawn?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
'indication' could be 'line' (line is a kind of indication) and 'line' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for line of sight that I've seen is " Link between the eye and an observed object".)