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Ray waits nervously for flight (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stairway

'flight' is the definition.
(flights of stairs)

'ray waits nervously' is the wordplay.
'nervously' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ray'+'waits'='raywaits'
'raywaits' is an anagram of 'STAIRWAY'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for stairway that I've seen before include "A flight of fixed indoor steps" , "- to Heaven, Led Zeppelin song" .)

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