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Exorbitant French article from tower (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steeple

'tower' is the definition.
(I know that steeple is a type of tower)

'exorbitant french article' is the wordplay.
'exorbitant' becomes 'steep' (synonyms).
'french article' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'steep'+'le'='STEEPLE'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for steeple that I've seen before include "Tall building" , "Pointed church tower" , "Pointed structure" , "Jack up this?" , "Pet eels (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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