Is this what the director is expecting to do travelling light? (8,4)
I believe the answer is:
shooting star
'light?' is the definition.
(I know that shooting star is a type of light)
'is this what the director is expecting to do travelling' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'do' could be 'star' (starring is a kind of doing) and 'star' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'shooing' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shooting star that I've seen before include "Top toxophilite" , "possibly a streaker?" , "One making meteoric progress" , "Bright meteor" , "on which you'd make a wish?" .)