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For the French, the usual answer (7)

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I believe the answer is:

normans

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'for the french' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'usual answer' is the wordplay.
'usual' becomes 'norm' (I've seen this in another clue).
'answer' becomes 'ans' (abbreviation for answer).
'norm'+'ans'='NORMANS'

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(Other definitions for normans that I've seen before include "11th century invaders" , "Ten sixty six invaders" , "William the Conqueror's lot?" , "some French people" , "Our last successful invaders" .)

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