Favour European up to now (6)
I believe the answer is:
before
'up to now' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'favour european' is the wordplay.
'favour' becomes 'be for' (to favour something is to be 'for' it).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'befor'+'e'='BEFORE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for before that I've seen before include "Defy, withstand" , "In sight of" , "In front of (something)" , "In front of or previous to" , "Previously ? in front" .)