Former critic of the French car rental company (6)
I believe the answer is:
leavis
'former critic' is the definition.
(literary critics FR Leavis or QD Leavis)
'the french car rental company' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'car rental company' becomes 'avis' (Avis is a car rental company).
'le'+'avis'='LEAVIS'
'of' acts as a link.
(Another definition for leavis that I've seen is " English critic".)
I've seen this clue in the Independent.
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