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Beautiful French girl sounding alarm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belle

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'beautiful french' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'girl sounding alarm' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Bell'.
'sounding alarm' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bell'+'e'='BELLE'

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(Other definitions for belle that I've seen before include "dish" , "Attractive woman" , "Beautiful woman - of the ball?" , "Reigning beauty" , "Lovely girl" .)

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