Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1010

[racoony]

Last one.Help much appreciated as usual.
42 across.The clues is type of wing first used by Daedalus.I have D?L?A
Is the answer DELTA? How does it work?

[dannyk13]

Delta( Greek D is first letter of Daedalus)

[Lie-in King]

42a Yes, 'Delta' - as 'delta-wing' & the letter D(aedalus)

[AlwaysConfused]

DELTA was one of the last clues I got for this crossword. I'm sure it's right, just can't say why. Anyone else enlighten us?

[shooty]

delta wing


Daed·a·lus
[ded-l-uh s or, esp. British, deed-l-uh s] Show IPA
noun, Classical Mythology .
an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.

[dannyk13]

always confused see ^^^^^^^

[AlwaysConfused]

Sorry to overtake your post, racoony, but thanks everyone for explaining. It's more irritating to know an answer than to be able to reason the logic!

[MIME007]

Wasn't Daedalus the name of the delta winged shuttle? That was my logic, but I'm unsure