Way the French follow an animal home (5)
I believe the answer is:
style
'way' is the definition.
(I know that way can be written as style)
'the french follow an animal home' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'follow' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an animal home' becomes 'sty' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'le' after 'sty' is 'STYLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for style that I've seen before include "With 1a [NEW] dating from 1752" , "Superior quality" , "Fashion or design" , "Manner or look" , "Pointed pen" .)