Florist primarily is trailing fashionable shop window item? (8)
I believe the answer is:
flagship
'shop window item?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'florist primarily is trailing fashionable' is the wordplay.
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
'is trailing' becomes 'lags' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fashionable' becomes 'hip' (hip can mean trendy or fashionable).
The initial letter of 'florist' is 'f'.
'f'+'lags'+'hip'='FLAGSHIP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flagship that I've seen before include "Pre-eminent product" , "Victory, perhaps" , "leader of fleet" , "Admiral's vessel" , "Admiral's craft in a fleet" .)