French governess pressurised first person entering region round Metz (12)
I believe the answer is:
mademoiselle
'french governess' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'pressurised first person entering region round metz' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is located in the answer.
'region' could be 'e' (E region is an example) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'round' could be 'o' (round can mean a round object) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'person' could be 'ms' (Ms. is an example) and 'ms' is found in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for mademoiselle that I've seen before include "French girl; governess" , "Paris girl" , "Young Frenchwoman" , "French miss" , "Young lady" .)