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French are keen initially, I think, to find Canadian resident? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eskimo

'canadian resident?' is the definition.

'french are keen initially i think' is the wordplay.
'french are' becomes 'es' ('are' in French).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
'i think' becomes 'imo' (abbreviation for 'in my opinion').
The first letter of 'keen' is 'k'.
'es'+'k'+'imo'='ESKIMO'

'to find' is the link.

(Other definitions for eskimo that I've seen before include "Northern dweller" , "Native of northern Canada, Alaska etc." , "Former term for Inuit" , "tongue" , "Less-preferred name for Inuit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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