Where steps may be taken to look for eavesdropper very possibly (9)
I believe the answer is:
stairwell
'where steps' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'taken to look for eavesdropper very possibly' is the wordplay.
'taken to' says to put letters next to each other.
'look' becomes 'air' (something might have a certain air or look).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'eavesdropper' becomes 'st' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'very possibly' becomes 'well' ('well' can mean 'very').
'air' put after 'st' is 'stair'.
'stair'+'well' is 'STAIRWELL'.
'may be' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stairwell that I've seen before include "Shaft in building housing steps" , "where flights may be found" , "flight area" , "where flight goes" , "Shaft for flight" .)