Crush together to restrict a Frenchman in survival drama (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

squid game

'survival drama' is the definition.
(Netflix TV series)

'crush together to restrict a frenchman' is the wordplay.
'crush together' becomes 'squidge' (to squidge is to squash things together).
'to restrict' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'frenchman' becomes 'm' (abbreviation for Monsieur - like 'Mr').
'a'+'m'='am'
'squidge' placed around 'am' is 'SQUID GAME'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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