RAF after time in southeast use guns thus? (6)
I believe the answer is:
strafe
'use guns thus?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'raf after time in southeast' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'southeast' becomes 'se' (synonyms).
'raf' put after 't' is 'traf'.
'traf' inserted inside 'se' is 'STRAFE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for strafe that I've seen before include "Blast, shell" , "Attack with machine guns or cannon from a low-flying plane" , "Attack with fire from a low-flying plane" , "attack with flying arms" , "Attack with machine-guns from the air" .)