I need to think the French paper's dropped one pair of Europeans (3,2,3)
I believe the answer is:
let me see
'i need to think' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'the french paper's dropped one pair of europeans' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
'one' could be 'me' (a setter might use 'one' to humourously mean 'me') and 'me' is present in the answer.
'europeans' could be 'ee' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ee' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'les' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for let me see that I've seen before include "Hm" , "What do I do next" , "Um..." , "I must think about this" , "Permit me to observe - I'm thinking" .)