Avoid Frenchman in fairground ride (6)
I believe the answer is:
dodgem
'fairground ride' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'avoid frenchman' is the wordplay.
'avoid' becomes 'dodge' (dodging is a kind of avoiding).
'frenchman' becomes 'm' (abbreviation for Monsieur - like 'Mr').
'dodge'+'m'='DODGEM'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dodgem that I've seen before include "Small car at funfair for bumping into others" , "Bumper car" , "Fairground amusement vehicle" , "Electric car" , "Car used in fairground" .)