Force European to stand in for a year in an English resort (6)
I believe the answer is:
torque
'force' is the definition.
(force in physics)
'european to stand in for a year in an english resort' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'to' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for torque that I've seen before include "measure of twist" , "Rotational force; roquet (anag.)" , "Force that produces rotation" , "Twisted metalwork" , "Quoter (anag.)" .)