No railway covers the route initially going from London to Edinburgh? (9)
I believe the answer is:
northerly
'going from london to edinburgh?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'no railway covers the route initially' is the wordplay.
'railway' becomes 'rly' ().
'covers' indicates putting letters inside.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'route' is 'r'.
'the'+'r'='ther'
'rly' enclosing 'ther' is 'rtherly'.
'no'+'rtherly'='NORTHERLY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for northerly that I've seen before include "it may be a bitter blow" , "From cold parts" , "like Newcastle?" , "Wind blowing south" .)