Resort where character took a deep breath, audibly? (7)
I believe the answer is:
seaside
'resort where character took a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'deep breath audibly?' is the wordplay.
'deep' becomes 'sea' (the deep can mean the sea).
'breath audibly?' becomes 'side' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sea'+'side'='SEASIDE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seaside that I've seen before include "Holiday place" , "leisure area" , "Old song 'I do like to be beside the . . . . . . .'" , "Beach holiday resort area" , "holiday venue" .)