Sweetheart landed on the first, favouring the flower (7)
I believe the answer is:
elitist
'favouring the flower' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'sweetheart landed on the first' is the wordplay.
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the middle letter or heart of 'sweet').
'landed' becomes 'lit' (light or alight can mean to land).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the first' becomes 'ist' (ist resembles lst).
'e'+'lit'+'ist'='ELITIST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elitist that I've seen before include "Reserved for the few" , "Favouring a select group" , "One who believes that certain people are superior" , "Favouring a chosen few" , "Favouring exclusivity" .)