Find the Parisian hugging old Tom? (6)
I believe the answer is:
locate
'find' is the definition.
(I know that locate is a more specific form of the action find)
'the parisian hugging old tom?' is the wordplay.
'the parisian' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'hugging' means one lot of letters goes inside another (outside letters hug or embrace inside letters).
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'tom?' becomes 'cat' (a tom is a male cat).
'o'+'cat'='ocat'
'le' enclosing 'ocat' is 'LOCATE'.
(Other definitions for locate that I've seen before include "Track down" , "Find out where something is" , "Find or situate" , "Lay one's hands on (something)" , "Pinpoint, find" .)