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Excellent of French to provide assistant (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aide

'assistant' is the definition.
(aide is a kind of assistant)

'excellent of french' is the wordplay.
'excellent' becomes 'ai'.
'of french' becomes 'de'.
'ai'+'de'='AIDE'

'to provide' is the link.

(Other definitions for aide that I've seen before include "One to assist" , "Adviser or assistant" , "Military officer acting as assistant" , "a help" , "one helping" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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