Item of clothing I put down in restaurant (9)
I believe the answer is:
brasserie
'in restaurant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'item of clothing i put down' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'clothing' could be 'bra' (bra is a kind of clothing) and 'bra' is found in the answer.
'i' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brasserie that I've seen before include "eatery" , "bar in Paris" , "Caf" , "Simple restaurant" , "French-style restaurant" .)