Flying object policeman finds hard to take in? (7)
I believe the answer is:
chopper
'flying object' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'policeman finds hard to take in?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hard' could be 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications) and 'h' is found within the answer.
'policeman' could be 'copper' (copper can informally mean a police officer) and 'copper' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chopper that I've seen before include "Hatchet" , "Butcher's cleaver" , "that's used by a lumberjack" , "Motorbike" , "Lizzie Borden" .)