Talk about the French occupying a Swiss cottage (6)
I believe the answer is:
chalet
'a swiss cottage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'talk about the french occupying' is the wordplay.
'talk about' becomes 'chat' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'about' bit.).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'occupying' is an insertion indicator.
'chat' placed around 'le' is 'CHALET'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chalet that I've seen before include "Swiss cottage or small villa" , "Kind of mountain cabin in Switzerland" , "holiday accommodation" , "Swiss hut for mountaineers" , "wooden hut" .)