Flying Emirates after Delta - most wonderful! (9)
I believe the answer is:
dreamiest
'most wonderful' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are superlative adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'flying emirates after delta' is the wordplay.
'flying' indicates anagramming the letters (letters fly around into new positions).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'delta' becomes 'd' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'emirates' anagrammed gives 'reamiest'.
'reamiest' put after 'd' is 'DREAMIEST'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dreamiest that I've seen before include "most gorgeous" , "Most fanciful" .)