Winning looks for the audience on the floor above (8)
I believe the answer is:
upstairs
'the floor above' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'winning looks for the audience' is the wordplay.
'winning' becomes 'up' (I've seen this in other clues).
'looks' becomes 'airs' (I've seen this in other clues).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the audience' becomes 'st' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'airs' put after 'st' is 'stairs'.
'up'+'stairs'='UPSTAIRS'
'on' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for upstairs that I've seen before include "Away from servants" , "On the next floor" , "Mentally (colloquial)" , "See 3" , "On an upper floor" .)