Schoolboy initially understanding the French timetable (8)
I believe the answer is:
schedule
'timetable' is the definition.
(I know that schedule is a type of timetable)
'schoolboy initially understanding the french' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the french' could be 'le' ('the' in French) and 'le' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for schedule that I've seen before include "List - inventory" , "You don't see loafers on this" , "Rota" , "List of intended events and times" , "Timetable for activities" .)