Following Frenchmen in France he gets covered in earth with a sticky feel (8)
I believe the answer is:
clammily
'a sticky feel' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.
'following frenchmen in france he gets covered in earth' is the wordplay.
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'frenchmen' becomes 'MM' (two M's - M is short for Monsieur).
'in france he' becomes 'il' ('he' in French).
'gets covered in' is an insertion indicator.
'earth' becomes 'clay' (clay is a kind of earth).
'mm'+'il' is 'mmil'.
'mmil' going inside 'clay' is 'CLAMMILY'.
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for clammily that I've seen is " In an unpleasantly damp way".)