France a long time getting refrigerant (5)

I believe the answer is:

freon

'refrigerant' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'france a long time getting' is the wordplay.
'france' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation).
'a long time' becomes 'eon' (eon is a kind of long time).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'fr'+'eon'='FREON'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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