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Corkscrew from Paris unfortunately left behind (6)

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I believe the answer is:

spiral

'corkscrew' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'paris unfortunately left behind' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'paris' is an anagram of 'spira'.
'spira'+'l'='SPIRAL'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for spiral that I've seen before include "Whorl" , "Shape of a coiled spring" , "Winding curve" , "Helical curve" , "Corkscrew shape (6)." .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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