Diplomacy on French island needed, as inhabitants given to touching people (7)
I believe the answer is:
tactile
'as inhabitants given to touching people' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'diplomacy on french island' is the wordplay.
'diplomacy' becomes 'tact' (tact can mean diplomacy or sensitivity).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'french island' becomes 'ile' ('island' in French).
'tact'+'ile'='TACTILE'
'needed' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tactile that I've seen before include "Cattle I find with sense of touch" , "be felt" , "Hands-on" , "Using the sense of touch as in lattice" , "Likely to touch" .)