Flights here reportedly look all right (9)
I believe the answer is:
stairwell
'flights here' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'reportedly look all right' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'look' becomes 'stare' (stare is a kind of look).
'all right' becomes 'well' (synonyms).
'stare' is a homophone of 'stair'.
'stair'+'well'='STAIRWELL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stairwell that I've seen before include "Shaft for walking between floors" , "Space flight" , "Part of a tall building" , "where flight goes" , "flight area" .)