Définitions énigmatiques

[FrenchForumSurvivor]

European agreement for Windows use ultimately comes from elsewhere (8)

[treiziste]

Yep. I've been down that path as well today, shocked at the end to find out we have to pay tax, now have to work out the prélèvement à source malarkey.

Another easy one.

Resident, perhaps, consumed by the result of his studies? (9)

Just to clear things up, where does ‘his’ come into the clue ?

[FrenchForumSurvivor]

If the resident is a doctor, his studies perhaps led to a doctorate, the perhaps indicated by the question mark.

[Ally]

Escapees

[FrenchForumSurvivor]

Not escapees, Ally.

[Ally]

No even close? I was 93.743% certain.

[treiziste]

If the resident is a doctor, his studies perhaps led to a doctorate, the perhaps indicated by the question mark.

Yes but why ‘his’ and not ‘hers’ ?
Or ‘their’ ?

[Flaneur]

If the resident is a doctor, his studies perhaps led to a doctorate, the perhaps indicated by the question mark.

Yes but why ‘his’ and not ‘hers’ ?
Or ‘their’ ?

Their is plural.

"His", for native English speakers until relatively recently, does not imply a sex.

[FrenchForumSurvivor]

No even close? I was 93.743% certain.

Okay, you've got 5 out of the 8 letters, but not in the right order.

If the resident is a doctor, his studies perhaps led to a doctorate, the perhaps indicated by the question mark.

Yes but why ‘his’ and not ‘hers’ ?
Or ‘their’ ?

I think you're complicating that which isn't complicated.

[FrenchForumSurvivor]

There are three parts to the cryptic clue, just put them together, 1 + 2 + 3, and you've got the answer. No anagrams involved.