Couple in Paris harassed endlessly (4)
I believe the answer is:
pair
'couple' is the definition.
(I know that couple can be written as pair)
'in paris harassed endlessly' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'paris' becomes 'par' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'harassed' becomes 'afflicted' (harass can mean to afflict or trouble).
'endlessly' means to look at the middle letters (the ends of the words are removed).
The centre of 'afflicted' is 'i'.
'par' enclosing 'i' is 'PAIR'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pair that I've seen before include "Twosome" , "Two of a kind, as in cards" , "Agreement to avoid division" , "Two ducks in one game of cricket" , "Set of two" .)