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Set limits on flight path during flight (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stairway

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

'set limits on flight path' is the wordplay.
'limits' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'flight path' becomes 'air way'.
'set' with its centre taken out is 'st'.
'st'+'airway'='STAIRWAY'

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

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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