Cry when capturing leader of coup in German town (6)
I believe the answer is:
gotcha
'german town' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'cry when capturing leader of coup' is the wordplay.
'cry when' becomes 'gotha' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'capturing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'coup' is 'c'.
'gotha' enclosing 'c' is 'GOTCHA'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gotcha that I've seen before include "claim to have made conquest?" , "You've been caught" , "cry of apprehension" , "I've trapped you!" , "You're caught - I understand you" .)