Song artist sent up by flipping smart software? (4)
I believe the answer is:
aria
'song' is the definition.
(aria is a kind of song)
'artist sent up by flipping smart software?' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'sent up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'flipping' says the letters should be written backwards.
'smart software?' becomes 'ai' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ra' back-to-front is 'ar'.
'ai' back-to-front is 'ia'.
'ar'+'ia'='ARIA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aria that I've seen before include "selection of opera" , "Piece of music" , "Operatic solo, duet, etc" , "Summertime perhaps" , "Nessun Dorma, for example" .)