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Facilities to pose one raise for Spooner (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

runways

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'facilities' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'pose one raise for spooner' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'un' (northern English dialect form of 'one') and 'un' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for runways that I've seen before include "Surfaces for planes to take off and land" , "See model on these" , "Landing-strips for planes" , "Take-off strips for planes" , "Aircraft landing strips" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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