German politicians in repose, look (7)
I believe the answer is:
glimpse
'look' is the definition.
(I know that glimpse is a type of look)
'german politicians in repose' is the wordplay.
'german' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'politicians' becomes 'MPs' (Members of Parliament).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'repose' becomes 'lie'.
'mps' placed inside 'lie' is 'limpse'.
'g'+'limpse'='GLIMPSE'
(Other definitions for glimpse that I've seen before include "A quick look" , "Glance, catch sight of" , "A brief view or sighting" , "Just a fleeting sighting" , "Quick view" .)