Comedy turn by European? Catching it is boring (8)
I believe the answer is:
drollery
'comedy' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'by european? catching it is boring' is the wordplay.
'by' becomes 'roll' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'european?' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'catching' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'it is boring' becomes 'dry' (dry can mean dull or boring).
'roll'+'e'='rolle'
'rolle' going inside 'dry' is 'DROLLERY'.
'turn' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drollery that I've seen before include "Jesting" , "comedy" , "Comical quality" , "display of humour" , "jokes" .)