English in warm boots, stumped, about to propose (7)
I believe the answer is:
suggest
'propose' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'english in warm boots stumped about' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'warm boots' becomes 'uggs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stumped' becomes 'st' (cricket abbreviation).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'e' going into 'uggs' is 'ugges'.
'ugges' put within 'st' is 'SUGGEST'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for suggest that I've seen before include "Island off Java" , "Propose or drop a hint" , "Put forward for consideration" , "Put forward (an idea)" , "Intimate" .)