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Bush wants French cheese, right? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brier

'bush' is the definition.
(brier is a kind of bush)

'french cheese right?' is the wordplay.
'french cheese' becomes 'brie' (I've seen this before**).
'right?' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'brie'+'r'='BRIER'

'wants' is the link.

(Other definitions for brier that I've seen before include "Thorny bush like the wild rose" , "smoking pipe" , "It may be smoked" , "Prickly shrub" , "plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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