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… because the French girl … (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carla

'girl' is the definition.

'because the french' is the wordplay.
'because' becomes 'car' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'car'+'la'='CARLA'

(Another definition for carla that I've seen is " Name of woman".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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