Worker in cold French town famous for its lace (9)
I believe the answer is:
chantilly
'town famous for its lace' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'worker in cold' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cold' becomes 'chilly' (I've seen this before).
'ant' going within 'chilly' is 'CHANTILLY'.
'french' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chantilly that I've seen before include "fabric" , "town famous for its lace" , "French town" , "Filled with great emotion" .)