Bum around new French location (6)
I believe the answer is:
nantes
'location' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'bum around new french' is the wordplay.
'bum' becomes 'tinny' ('tinny' can be a synonym of 'bum').
'around' means to look at the middle letters.
'new french' becomes 'antes' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The middle letter of 'tinny' is 'n'.
'n'+'antes'='NANTES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nantes that I've seen before include "City on the Loire, associated with 1598 edict ending the French Wars of Religion" , "Loire port; an old Edict" , "French city noted for edict" , "French football club" , "Port city in western France" .)