The cat gets a bird - as it flies through the air? (8)
I believe the answer is:
tomahawk
'it flies through the air?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'the cat gets a bird' is the wordplay.
'the cat' becomes 'tom' (a tom is a male cat).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bird' becomes 'hawk' (hawk is a kind of bird).
'tom'+'a'+'hawk'='TOMAHAWK'
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tomahawk that I've seen before include "Hatchet used by North American Indians" , "North American Indian hatchet" , "American Indian axe" , "Amerindian war-axe" , "killer on reservation?" .)