Where grisettes go around in pairs? (5)
I believe the answer is:
paris
'where grisettes' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'go around in pairs?' is the wordplay.
'go' becomes 'zip' (both can mean energy).
'around' says to take the centre.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'pairs?' becomes 'pars' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The middle letter of 'zip' is 'i'.
'i' placed inside 'pars' is 'PARIS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for paris that I've seen before include "City where one may see the Mona Lisa" , "French city" , "where he got plastered?" , "European capital city" , "Trojan prince who abducted Helen" .)