Dwelling with unknown secretary in Switzerland shows effrontery (8)
I believe the answer is:
chutzpah
'effrontery' is the definition.
(chutzpah is a kind of effrontery)
'dwelling with unknown secretary in switzerland' is the wordplay.
'dwelling with' becomes 'hut' (I have seen 'Crude dwelling ' mean 'hut' so perhaps 'dwelling' could also mean 'hut'. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'unknown' becomes 'z' (algebra).
'secretary' becomes 'pa' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'switzerland' becomes 'ch' (short for Confoederatio Helvetica, its Latin name).
'hut'+'z'+'pa'='hutzpa'
'hutzpa' going into 'ch' is 'CHUTZPAH'.
'shows' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chutzpah that I've seen before include "Shameless audacity or brass neck, from Yiddish" , "Cheek or impudence from Hebrew" , "Extreme audacity" , "Unbelievable gall; impudence (Yiddish)" , "Effrontery" .)