Clever Romeo gatecrashes a party before it ends (6)
I believe the answer is:
adroit
'clever romeo gatecrashes a party before it ends' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'clever romeo gatecrashes a party before it' is the wordplay.
'clever romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.. I am not sure about the 'clever' bit.).
'gatecrashes' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters gatecrash their way into the word).
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a'+'do'='ado'
'r' going into 'ado' is 'adro'.
'adro'+'it'='ADROIT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adroit that I've seen before include "Dexterous, artful" , "Canny" , "To raid (anag)" , "Clever - crafty" , "Quick and clever in action or thought" .)