James, say — name used on continent for European schools (8)
I believe the answer is:
gymnasia
'european schools' is the definition.
'gymnasia' can be an answer for 'schools' (Gymnasium is an example). I am not certain of the 'european' bit.
'james say name used on continent' is the wordplay.
'james' becomes 'jim' (short for James).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'used on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'continent' becomes 'asia' (Asia is an example).
'jim' is a homophone of 'gym'.
'gym'+'n'+'asia'='GYMNASIA'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gymnasia that I've seen before include "PE halls" , "Exercise halls" , "places to make physical losses?" , "pumping stations?" , "Places for exercise" .)