The best fellows around central Germany (6)
I believe the answer is:
champs
'the best fellows around central germany' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'fellows around central germany' is the wordplay.
'fellows' becomes 'chaps' (chap can mean a man).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'central' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'germany' is 'm'.
'chaps' going around 'm' is 'CHAMPS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for champs that I've seen before include "Heaven in Paris?" , "Title holders" , "frets impatiently" , "Munches noisily like horse at bit" , "Munches noisily like abbreviated winners" .)