Like maiden pursuing favourable outcome of playing flute? (9)
I believe the answer is:
wineglass
'flute?' is the definition.
(flute is a kind of wineglass)
'like maiden pursuing favourable outcome of playing' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'eg' (I've seen this in other clues).
'maiden' becomes 'lass' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pursuing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'favourable outcome of' becomes 'w' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'playing' becomes 'in'.
'eg'+'lass'='eglass'
'w'+'in'='win'
'eglass' put after 'win' is 'WINEGLASS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wineglass that I've seen before include "possibly held in this port? The opposite" , "Vessel with bowl and stem" .)