Exile flying monoplane miles away (8)
I believe the answer is:
napoleon
'exile' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'flying monoplane miles away' is the wordplay.
'flying' is a deletion indicator (to fly a place is to escape or leave it).
'miles' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'away' indicates an anagram (letters move away from their original places).
'monoplane' with 'm' taken away is 'onoplane'.
'onoplane' anagrammed gives 'NAPOLEON'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for napoleon that I've seen before include "leader in France, once" , "Emperor - brandy" , "Old French coin" , "French VIP" , "Open loan to the French general. strangely" .)