We take the French around town (5)
I believe the answer is:
lewes
'town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'we take the french' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'we' is found in the answer.
'the french' could be 'les' (plural form of 'the' in French) and 'les' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'around' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lewes that I've seen before include "Town near Glyndebourne" , "County town of East Sussex" , "County town of E. Sussex" , "somewhere in Sussex" , "Administrative town of East Sussex" .)