Washington? European capital for great song writer? (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
irving berlin
'great song writer?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'washington? european capital' is the wordplay.
'washington?' becomes 'Irving' (Washington Irving).
'european capital' becomes 'berlin' (capital of Germany).
'irving'+'berlin'='IRVING BERLIN'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for irving berlin that I've seen before include "Composer" , "originator of White Christmas" , "songwriter" .)