Stagger through a complex network of paths (5)
I believe the answer is:
amaze
'stagger' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a complex network of paths' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'network' could be 'maze' (I have seen 'Confusing network ' mean 'maze' so perhaps 'network' could also mean 'maze') and 'maze' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'through' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amaze that I've seen before include "Confound with wonder" , "Greatly surprise, fill with wonder" , "Flabbergast" , "wow!" , "Stupefy" .)