Control operations of principally dodgy Parisian bank (5)
I believe the answer is:
drive
'control operations' is the definition.
'drive' can be an answer for 'control' (driving is a kind of controlling). I'm not sure about the 'operations' bit.
'principally dodgy parisian bank' is the wordplay.
'principally' suggests taking the first letters.
'parisian bank' becomes 'rive' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The first letter of 'dodgy' is 'd'.
'd'+'rive'='DRIVE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drive that I've seen before include "Motor < car storage space" , "Motivation, energy" , "Hit golf ball from tee" , "Impel; house approach" , "Go by car" .)