Strange about European Community penchant for lying (9)
I believe the answer is:
recumbent
'lying' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'strange about european community penchant' is the wordplay.
'strange' becomes 'rum' (synonyms).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'european community' becomes 'EC' (abbreviation).
'penchant' becomes 'bent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'rum' enclosing 'ec' is 'recum'.
'recum'+'bent'='RECUMBENT'
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for recumbent that I've seen before include "flat?" , "Lying down comfortably" .)