A bad start for gents from Central Germany covered in Edelweiss, for instance (6)
I believe the answer is:
abloom
'covered in edelweiss for instance' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'a bad start for gents from central germany' is the wordplay.
'start' suggests taking the first letters.
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'gents' becomes 'loo' (I've seen this in other clues).
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'central' indicates the central letters.
The middle letter of 'germany' is 'm'.
The initial letter of 'bad' is 'b'.
'a'+'b'+'loo'+'m'='ABLOOM'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abloom that I've seen before include "Healthy" , "no longer buddy of Rose?" , "full of colour" , "In flower" , "covered in flowers?" .)