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Comedian displaying French shrewdness? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

norman wisdom

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

'french shrewdness?' is the wordplay.
'french' becomes 'norman' (Normandy is a part of France).
'shrewdness?' becomes 'wisdom' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'norman'+'wisdom'='NORMAN WISDOM'

'displaying' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for norman wisdom that I've seen before include "English comic actor, famed for hapless on-screen roles, d. 2010" , "old actor" , "British comedic actor, 1915-2010" , "British comedian, once a cult figure in Albania, d. 2010" , "Pearls from Rouen, maybe" .)

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