Lots of leaves picked up in French city (5)
I believe the answer is:
reims
'french city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'lots of leaves picked up' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'lots' could be 'm' and 'm' is present in the answer.
'up' could be 'is' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'is' is present in the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reims that I've seen before include "City, the traditional site for crowning French kings" , "city in NE France" , "Champagne capital (variant spelling)" , "City of northeast France" .)