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 judge whether this defines the answer.
'fellows around central germany' is the wordplay.
'fellows' becomes 'chaps' (chap can mean a man).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'central' indicates the central letters.
The middle 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" .)