Chap unlikely to stay confined in hotel in France agreed to stifle noise (7)
I believe the answer is:
houdini
'stifle noise' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'chap unlikely to stay confined in hotel in france agreed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'in' is within the answer.
'hotel' could be 'h' (phonetic alphabet) and 'h' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for houdini that I've seen before include "Harry . . . . . . ., famed American escapologist" , "Entertainer bound" , "Harry was famous as an escape artist" , "being given to escapism?" , "Harry -, US escapologist" .)