Negative comment involving the French debut for Ravel — this piece? (6)
I believe the answer is:
bolero
'debut for ravel this piece?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'negative comment involving the french' is the wordplay.
'negative comment' becomes 'boro' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'involving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'boro' enclosing 'le' is 'BOLERO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bolero that I've seen before include "attire" , "Ravel work; jacket" , "Kind of jacket or dramatic music by Ravel" , "Arrange to rob Leo during the dance" , "Spanish dance - item of clothing" .)