What might kill something like albatross over front of ship (8)
I believe the answer is:
crossbow
'what might kill something' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'albatross over front of ship' is the wordplay.
'albatross' becomes 'cross' (both can metaphorically mean a burden).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'front of ship' becomes 'bow' (term for the front of a ship).
'cross'+'bow'='CROSSBOW'
'like' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crossbow that I've seen before include "Weapon firing bolts" , "Old weapon with mechanism for firing arrow" , "historic weapon" , "Old weapon of war" , "it could be wounding" .)