The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word STAIRCASE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STAIRCASE
- Famous performer carrying one item of luggage for flight
- Flight — famous example taking in Italian capital
- One packed in best bag for flight
- Celeb carrying one bit of baggage in flight
- Flight bag goes after celebrity pinches one
- Container for a flight?
- Steps inside
- Principal lawsuit covering the start of ill-fated flight
- It has the makings of a scariest flight
- 12 cast off steps
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The straight part
We know that "flight" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case flight = staircase.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does STAIRCASE mean?
STAIRCASE noun- A flight of stairs; a stairway.
- A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
- A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
- To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) so as to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps.