Suitable place to carry parrot? On the contrary (8)
I believe the answer is:
apposite
'suitable' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'parrot? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
'parrot?' becomes 'ape' (parrot is a kind of ape).
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing \'on\' a person).
'the contrary' becomes 'posit' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ape' enclosing 'posit' is 'APPOSITE'.
'place to carry' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for apposite that I've seen before include "A pit pose could be to the purpose" , "Germane" , "fitting" , "Appropriate, apt" , "Meet" .)