A disrespectful term for a woman in America and overseas (6)
I believe the answer is:
abroad
'overseas' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'a disrespectful term for a woman in america' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'woman' could be 'broad' (broad is a kind of woman) and 'broad' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abroad that I've seen before include "out of UK?" , "Overseas; (of rumour) widely current" , "to France, maybe" , "Out of doors - in foreign parts" , "Away from home" .)