In from France, learner entering cave area unlike its surroundings (7)
I believe the answer is:
enclave
'area unlike its surroundings' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'in from france learner entering cave' is the wordplay.
'in from france' becomes 'en' (I've seen this in other clues).
'learner' becomes 'l'.
'entering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'l' put into 'cave' is 'clave'.
'en'+'clave'='ENCLAVE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enclave that I've seen before include "Part of country surrounded by foreign territory" , "Cultural group embedded in a larger one" , "Area ethnically different from its surroundings" , "Group ethnically different from those around it" , "Area enclosed within a foreign territory" .)