Like a sphere to throw into the wind, as it has no tail (6)
I believe the answer is:
global
'wind as it has no tail' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'like a sphere to throw into' is the wordplay.
'like a sphere' becomes 'gal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to throw' becomes 'lob' (lobbing is a kind of throwing).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gal' placed around 'lob' is 'GLOBAL'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for global that I've seen before include "Planetary" , "Going round the world" , "Like big village" , "Across the world" , "Comprehensive" .)