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Appalling, the French record (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chronicle

'record' is the definition.
(I know that chronicle is a type of record)

'appalling the french' is the wordplay.
'appalling' becomes 'chronic' (chronic can mean of poor quality).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'chronic'+'le'='CHRONICLE'

(Other definitions for chronicle that I've seen before include "Continuous record of events in order of time" , "journal" , "(Keep an) historical record" , "Register of events over time" , "Historical account" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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