Excursion the French go on three times (6)

I believe the answer is:

triple

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'three times' is the definition.
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'excursion the french' is the wordplay.
'excursion' becomes 'trip' (I've seen this before).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'trip'+'le'='TRIPLE'

'go on' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for triple that I've seen before include "involving several parties" , "Threefold, treble" , "Consisting of three" , "Multiply by three" , "In three parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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