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Found plough removed from Parisian fortress (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

base

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

'plough removed from parisian fortress' is the wordplay.
'plough' becomes 'till' (I've seen this before).
'removed from' is a deletion indicator.
'parisian fortress' becomes 'bastille' (I've seen this before).
'bastille' with 'till' removed is 'BASE'.

(Other definitions for base that I've seen before include "Foot; ignoble" , "Ignoble - foundation" , "Interest charged by the Bank of England to commercial banks" , "Lowest part; ignoble" , "Not a noble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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