I order parts for European to hang (11)
I believe the answer is:
independent
'i' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'order parts for european to hang' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'european' could be 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'hang' could be 'pend' (I've seen this before) and 'pend' is located in the answer.
'order' could be 'indent' (indent can mean an order or request) and 'indent' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for independent that I've seen before include "paper" , "Free of outside control" , "Unbiased" , "us" , "Capable of acting for oneself" .)