In France, a friend gets directions to this city (6)
I believe the answer is:
amiens
'this city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'in france a friend gets directions' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'directions' could be 'ns' (N is an example) and 'ns' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amiens that I've seen before include "City of NE France" , "capital of Picardy" , "City in northern France" , "French town" , "French cathedral city on the river Somme" .)