Accepts unusual French article that's visually striking (9)
I believe the answer is:
spectacle
'visually striking' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'accepts unusual french article' is the wordplay.
'unusual' indicates anagramming the letters.
'french article' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'accepts' with letters rearranged gives 'spectac'.
'spectac'+'le'='SPECTACLE'
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spectacle that I've seen before include "Striking 25 [SIGHT]" , "Lavish entertainment" , "Something worth seeing" , "Entertaining sight, they help to see in the plural" , "presentation" .)