Echo from behind - in this direction? (7)
I believe the answer is:
eastern
'this direction?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'echo from behind' is the wordplay.
'echo' becomes 'e' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'behind' becomes 'astern' (at the back or behind of a ship).
'e'+'astern'='EASTERN'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "towards the sun" , "in Beijing, possibly" , "Coming from the Orient" , "Could be Chinese" , "Asian" .)