Frenchman's head suitably clad? Or missing something? (6)
I believe the answer is:
bereft
'missing something?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'frenchman's head suitably clad?' is the wordplay.
'head' suggests taking the first letters.
'suitably' becomes 'beret' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'clad?' indicates putting letters inside (clad can mean covered by).
The first letter of 'frenchmans' is 'f'.
'f' inserted within 'beret' is 'BEREFT'.
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bereft that I've seen before include "Deprived of, perhaps by death" , "Having had something precious taken away" , "Deprived of something precious" , "Pained by the loss of someone" , "Grief-stricken" .)