Parody the French after tense game (8)
I believe the answer is:
skittles
'game' is the definition.
(skittles is a kind of game)
'parody the french after tense' is the wordplay.
'parody' becomes 'skit' (I've seen this before).
'the french' becomes 'les' (les is the in french).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'les' put after 't' is 'tles'.
'skit'+'tles'='SKITTLES'
(Other definitions for skittles that I've seen before include "Game played in an alley" , "Ninepins" , "Pub game" , "Bowling game" , "Game in which ball is aimed at pins" .)