Stop press! The French on trial (6)
I believe the answer is:
latest
'stop press the french on trial' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'the french on trial' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'trial' becomes 'test' (synonyms).
'la'+'test'='LATEST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for latest that I've seen before include "style of today" , "Most recent, hot off the press" , "Most recent or most tardy" , "Most up to the minute" , "Current" .)