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Arrive and eat, squeezing in French entertainer (10)

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I believe the answer is:

comedienne

'entertainer' is the definition.
(comedienne is a kind of entertainer)

'arrive and eat squeezing in french' is the wordplay.
'arrive' becomes 'come' (coming is a kind of arriving).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'eat' becomes 'dine' (to dine is to eat a meal).
'squeezing' indicates putting letters inside (squeeze can mean hug or embrace).
'in french' becomes 'en' ('in' in French).
'dine' enclosing 'en' is 'dienne'.
'come'+'dienne'='COMEDIENNE'

(Other definitions for comedienne that I've seen before include "stand-up entertainer?" , "Rivers perhaps" , "Funny female performer" , "Female comedy actor" , "Female humorist" .)

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