Flight path? (8)
'flight path?' is the definition.
'stairway' can be an answer for 'flight' (flights of stairs). I am not certain of the 'path?' bit.
'flight path?' is the wordplay.
'flight' becomes 'stair' (I've seen this before).
'path?' becomes 'way' (path is a kind of way).
'stair'+'way'='STAIRWAY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stairway that I've seen before include "A flight of fixed indoor steps" , "- to Heaven, Led Zeppelin song" .)
This could be a double definition.
'flight' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'path' is the second definition.
(beeline is a kind of path)
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for beeline that I've seen before include "Most direct route" , "Straightest route" , "Undeviating route" , "To make a -- for is to go without deviation" , "Direct track" .)
'flight path' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for orbit that I've seen before include "Sort of circuit" , "Revolve around" , "fly in a circle" , "Sphere of action" , "Lunar trajectory" .)
'flight path?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
This is all the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for steps that I've seen before include "John Buchan used 39 of them" , "See 2" , "taken to get on" , "Measures taken" , "Paces; measures" .)
'flight path?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for aisle that I've seen before include "'Passage, gangway (5)'" , "Passage between rows of seats" , "Supermarket passageway" , "Church walkway" , "lateral strip" .)