A star of French Resistance is torn (7)
I believe the answer is:
asunder
'torn' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'a star of french resistance' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'sun' (Sun is an example).
'of french' becomes 'de'.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'a'+'sun'+'de'+'r'='ASUNDER'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for asunder that I've seen before include "(Torn) apart" , "Widely separated" , "(Broken) apart" , "(Rent) apart" , "Into parts or pieces" .)