Male keeping a learner in detention here? (6)
I believe the answer is:
stalag
'detention here?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'male keeping a learner' is the wordplay.
'male' becomes 'stag' (a stag is a male deer).
'keeping' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters kept inside).
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'a'+'l'='al'
'stag' going around 'al' is 'STALAG'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stalag that I've seen before include "Type of German prison camp" , "German World War two prison camp" , "German prisoner-of-war camp of WW2" , "Water at the mouth" , "German concentration camp" .)