The French maidens excited - me? (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
ladies man
'me?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'the french maidens excited' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' (one of the French words for 'the').
'excited' is an anagram indicator.
'maidens' with letters rearranged gives 'diesman'.
'la'+'diesman'='LADIES' MAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ladies man that I've seen before include "Lothario" , "Libertine" , "Playboy" , "(Would be) seducer of women?" , "His philandering" .)