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Conclude model on French Island is nonproductive? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infertile

'nonproductive?' is the definition.
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'conclude model on french island' is the wordplay.
'conclude' becomes 'infer' (inferring is a kind of concluding).
'model' becomes 't' (Ford Model T car).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'french island' becomes 'ile' ('island' in French).
'infer'+'t'+'ile'='INFERTILE'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for infertile that I've seen before include "So can't father" , "Barren" , "Fruitless" , "Not productive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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