Parking in a parking place in London, trying to escape fine? (9)
I believe the answer is:
appealing
'trying to escape fine?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'parking in a parking place in london' is the wordplay.
'parking' becomes 'p' (abbreviation on road signs).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'parking' becomes 'p' (abbreviation on road signs).
'place in london' becomes 'ealing' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'p'='ap'
'p' inserted into 'ap' is 'app'.
'app'+'ealing'='APPEALING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for appealing that I've seen before include "pleasing" , "Challenging a judgment" , "Charming" , "Attractive, interesting" , "Those wrongly convicted may be" .)