Confused, a divine took direction by the French (5-6)

I believe the answer is:

addle-headed

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'took direction by the french' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'confused a divine' is the wordplay.
'confused' becomes 'addle' (I've seen this before).
'a divine' becomes 'headed' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'addle'+'headed'='ADDLE-HEADED'

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(Another definition for addle-headed that I've seen is " Not thinking straight".)

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

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