A French team prepare for a hotel stay? (6)
I believe the answer is:
unpack
'a french team' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't see how one could define the other.
'prepare for a hotel stay?' is the wordplay.
'prepare' becomes 'pack' (I've seen this in another clue).
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'a hotel stay?' becomes 'un' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'pack' after 'un' is 'UNPACK'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unpack that I've seen before include "Remove stuff from cases" , "Remove (from case)" , "Analyse" , "Remove from the wrapping" , "Remove items from a suitcase" .)