American flier looks to cover beaches on holiday (5,3,7)
I believe the answer is:
stars and stripes
'american flier' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'looks to cover beaches on holiday' is the wordplay.
'looks' becomes 'stares' (staring is a kind of looking).
'to cover' indicates putting letters inside.
'beaches' becomes 'sands' (I've seen this before).
'on holiday' becomes 'trip' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.).
'sands'+'trip'='sandstrip'
'stares' placed around 'sandstrip' is 'STARS AND STRIPES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stars and stripes that I've seen before include "The US flag" , "indicators of military rank" , "Standard" , "indications of rank" , "American flier" .)