Chewy sweet shared by Irish friend, Frenchman and the Spanish (7)
I believe the answer is:
caramel
'chewy sweet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'shared by irish friend frenchman and the spanish' is the wordplay.
'shared by irish friend' becomes 'cara' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'frenchman' becomes 'm' (abbreviation for Monsieur).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'cara'+'m'+'el'='CARAMEL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for caramel that I've seen before include "Chewy sweet - burnt sugar" , "Browned syrup" , "Sugar solution heated till brown" , "Soft toffee" , "Shade" .)