Ungraceful new agent in outskirts of Lausanne? (9)
I believe the answer is:
inelegant
'ungraceful' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'new agent in outskirts of lausanne?' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'lausanne' with its centre removed is 'le'.
'agent'+'in'+'le'='agentinle'
'agentinle' with letters rearranged gives 'INELEGANT'.
(Other definitions for inelegant that I've seen before include "stiff" , "poorly dressed" , "Ungraceful" , "clumsy" , "far from chic" .)