Left car briefly by park in Toulouse? (7)
I believe the answer is:
lautrec
'toulouse?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'left car briefly by park' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'car' becomes 'auto' (synonyms).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'by park' becomes 'rec' (short for recreation ground. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'auto' with its final letter removed is 'aut'.
'l'+'aut'+'rec'='LAUTREC'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lautrec that I've seen before include "See 19" , "Henri Toulouse---, artist" , "Henri de Toulouse--, French painter" , "Henri Toulouse -......., 19th century painter of cafe and theatre life" , "Henri Toulouse ---, Fr.painter" .)