Snappers circling Queen start to harass, maybe (7)
I believe the answer is:
perhaps
'maybe' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'snappers circling queen start to harass' is the wordplay.
'snappers' becomes 'paps' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'circling' means one lot of letters goes inside another (circling can mean going around or containing).
'queen' becomes 'ER' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'start to' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'harass' is 'h'.
'er'+'h'='erh'
'paps' going around 'erh' is 'PERHAPS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for perhaps that I've seen before include "Conceivably" , "It may be" , "Possibly, maybe" , "Possibly but not certainly" , "Could be, maybe" .)