A quaintly pleasing French accent? (5)

I believe the answer is:

acute

'french accent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a quaintly pleasing' is the wordplay.
'quaintly pleasing' becomes 'cute' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'cute'='ACUTE'

(Other definitions for acute that I've seen before include "Perspicacious" , "(Of an angle) less than 90 degrees" , "Sharp, angle or mind" , "Sharp - sort of French accent" , "Canny" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.

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