Clingy type, exhausted, and from France (6)

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limpet

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'clingy type' is the definition.
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'exhausted and from france' is the wordplay.
'exhausted' becomes 'limp' (I've seen this before).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'from france' becomes 'et' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'limp'+'et'='LIMPET'

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(Other definitions for limpet that I've seen before include "Clingy person" , "A shellfish that sticks to rocks or ships" , "Mollusc that clings to rocks" , "Marine mollusc" , "sticker?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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