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Barney's wife called -- article from Paris ... (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrangle

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'barney's' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'wife called article from paris' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w'.
'called' becomes 'rang' (called on the phone).
'article from paris' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'w'+'rang'+'le'='WRANGLE'

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(Other definitions for wrangle that I've seen before include "Altercation" , "Noisy dispute" , "Argue noisily" , "noisy argument" , "Altercate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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