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Franco-Prussian agreement on board? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ouija

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'board?' is the definition.
(I know that Ouija is a type of board)

'franco-prussian agreement on' is the wordplay.
'franco prussian' becomes 'ja' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'agreement' becomes 'oui' ('yes' in French).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'ja' after 'oui' is 'OUIJA'.

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(Other definitions for ouija that I've seen before include "This board is used in spiritualist proceedings" , "Something to raise spirits" , "Board for contacting spirits" , "Occult board" , "Board able to answer questions?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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