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Firm agreement with Frenchman about cosmetics case (7)

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I believe the answer is:

compact

'cosmetics case' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'firm agreement with frenchman' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'agreement' becomes 'pact' (a pact is an agreement or deal).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'frenchman' becomes 'm' (abbreviation for Monsieur - like 'Mr').
'pact' after 'm' is 'mpact'.
'co'+'mpact'='COMPACT'

'about' is the link.

(Other definitions for compact that I've seen before include "What comes initially with CD" , "Dense; agreement" , "Little" , "An official agreement" , "Tightly grouped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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