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A double blow for the French? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

couple

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'a double' is the definition.
(I know that Ordered pair can be written as couple)

'blow for the french?' is the wordplay.
'blow' becomes 'coup' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'the french?' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'coup'+'le'='COUPLE'

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(Other definitions for couple that I've seen before include "Pair, duo" , "Twosome" , "Married pair; two forces causing rotation" , "Pair - put together" , "The pair to join together" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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