In France, receptacle for a cigarette end? (4)
I believe the answer is:
caen
'in france receptacle for a cigarette end?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'in france receptacle for a cigarette end?' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'france receptacle' becomes 'c' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a' becomes 'an'.
'end?' suggests the final letters (I've seen 'ending' mean this (the ending of the word)).
The final letter of 'cigarette' is 'e'.
'c'+'an'='can'
'can' enclosing 'e' is 'CAEN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for caen that I've seen before include "French city" , "City in Normandy" .)