French are to urge end of Americano - in favour of this? (8)
I believe the answer is:
espresso
'favour of this?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'french are to urge end of americano' is the wordplay.
'french are' becomes 'es' ('are' in French).
'to urge' becomes 'press' (synonyms).
'end of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'americano' is 'o'.
'es'+'press'+'o'='ESPRESSO'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for espresso that I've seen before include "strong drink" , "Strong black coffee" , "Italian-style coffee" , "Coffee made by forcing steam through grounds" , "Type of coffee" .)