Spice girl following eccentric (6)
I believe the answer is:
nutmeg
'spice' is the definition.
(I know that Nutmeg is a type of spice)
'girl following eccentric' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'meg' and 'meg' is located in the answer.
'eccentric' could be 'nut' (nut is a kind of eccentric) and 'nut' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nutmeg that I've seen before include "Variety of spice" , "Kernel and girl for a spice" , "Men gut this herb badly" , "Hard aromatic seed" , "Hard seed of tropical tree grated for spice" .)