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Easy to manage party (Channel Islands) meeting the French (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

docile

'easy to manage' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'party channel islands meeting the french' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'channel islands' becomes 'CI'.
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'do'+'ci'+'le'='DOCILE'

(Other definitions for docile that I've seen before include "asleep?" , "Gentle and teachable" , "easy to manage" , "'Pliant, submissive (6)'" , "Manageable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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