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French and English, European and democratic (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

free

'democratic' is the definition.
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'french and english european' is the wordplay.
'french' becomes 'fr'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'fr'+'e'+'e'='FREE'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for free that I've seen before include "Not fixed; not in use" , "like some public houses" , "See 18" , "Untrammelled" , "Unrestrained" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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