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A Parisian, at home, seeking to ditch a flat (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uninspiring

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'to ditch a flat' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'a parisian at home' is the wordplay.
'a parisian' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'at' becomes 'in' (synonymous in some cases - eg at school, in school).
'home' becomes 'spiring' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'un'+'in'+'spiring'='UNINSPIRING'

'seeking' is the link.

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(Other definitions for uninspiring that I've seen before include "Humdrum" , "Not exciting or interesting" , "Not exciting, dull" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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