Set out to stow shipment of food to the French (8)
I believe the answer is:
escargot
'the french' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'set out to stow shipment of food' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'shipment' could be 'cargo' (synonyms) and 'cargo' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'set' is 'est' which is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escargot that I've seen before include "Edible snail (from Fr.)" , "A dish of cooked land snails" , "Got scare from edible French snail" , "Hardly fast food" , "Cart goes carrying edible French snail" .)