Seabird to take flight in pursuit of witch (7)
I believe the answer is:
hagbolt
'seabird' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'take flight in pursuit of witch' is the wordplay.
'take flight' becomes 'bolt' (bolting is a kind of taking flight).
'in pursuit of' says to put letters next to each other.
'witch' becomes 'hag' (synonyms).
'bolt' put after 'hag' is 'HAGBOLT'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hagbolt that I've seen is " Bird".)