Cry when capturing leader of coup in German town (6)
I believe the answer is:
gotcha
'german town' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'cry when capturing leader of coup' is the wordplay.
'cry when' becomes 'gotha' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'capturing' indicates putting letters inside.
'leader of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'coup' is 'c'.
'gotha' going around 'c' is 'GOTCHA'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gotcha that I've seen before include "claim to have made conquest?" , "You've been caught" , "cry of apprehension" , "I've trapped you!" , "You're caught - I understand you" .)