One seen, in the dark, to shoot and make a dash for it? (7)
I believe the answer is:
firefly
'one seen in the dark to shoot' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'make a dash for it?' is the wordplay.
'make' becomes 'fir' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a dash' becomes 'fly' (dash can mean to fly away).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'it?' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'fly' put after 'e' is 'efly'.
'fir'+'efly'='FIREFLY'
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for firefly that I've seen before include "Beetle which glows in the dark" , "Light horse-drawn carriage" , "Glower" , "crawler" , "Winged beetle - racing dinghy" .)