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Quick way to take the air between flights (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stair

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'quick way to take the air between flights' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'quick way to take the air' is the wordplay.
'quick way' becomes 'St' (quick method of writing 'Street', a way).
'to take' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'st'+'air'='STAIR'

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(Other definitions for stair that I've seen before include "Step as part of flight" , "this could get one down" , "Set of steps" , "One step of a flight" , "Word linking way and well" .)

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