Stimulate American to import eggs? On the contrary (5)
I believe the answer is:
rouse
'stimulate' is the definition.
(I know that stimulate can be written as rouse)
'american to import eggs? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'american' could be 'us' (abbreviation for United States) and 'us' is found within the answer.
'eggs?' could be 'roe' (fish eggs) and 'roe' is located in the leftover letters.
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 rouse that I've seen before include "Wake up, make active" , "Prod" , "cause to wake or to become active" , "Cause to wake up, stimulate" , "Agitate" .)