The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word AERODROME
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More clues leading to the result AERODROME
- You might take flight from this awful Romeo, dear
- Refurbish a red room close to staircase, landing here?
- A European bar somewhere in Italy where trip abroad might begin
- Where one might land a drug— bar to the north of city
- O dear! More trouble for the airport
- Back regular characters among several touring Tolkien’s realm to find home of metal birds?
- English staff in a foreign capital’s airfield
- A fantastic red room adjacent to end of ornate landing area
- Adore more travelling? Get away from here
- Land here to redo works in a capital city
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The straight part
We know that "You might take flight from this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case you might take flight from this = aerodrome.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AERODROME mean?
AERODROME noun- An airfield:
- A flying machine composed of aeroplanes. An aeroplane, particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly.