A French kiss referred to as indifferent (9)
I believe the answer is:
unexcited
'indifferent' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a french kiss referred to' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'une' ('a' in French).
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'referred to' becomes 'cited' ('cite' can be a synonym of 'refer to').
'une'+'x'+'cited'='UNEXCITED'
'as' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unexcited that I've seen before include "Impassive" , "Not emotionally roused" , "Showing little emotion" , "In need of stimulation" .)