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A battle to get a French female to come round, unconscious (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unaware

'unconscious' is the definition.
('unaware' is associated in meaning with 'unconscious')

'a battle to get a french female to come round' is the wordplay.
'battle' becomes 'war' (I've seen this before**).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a french female' becomes 'une' ('a' translated into French, feminine).
'to come round' indicates putting letters inside.
'a'+'war'='awar'
'awar' going within 'une' is 'UNAWARE'.

(Other definitions for unaware that I've seen before include "Ignorant - unenlightened" , "Oblivious to, not knowing" , "Unknowing" , "Lacking knowledge (of a situation or fact)" , "Not realising" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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