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French articles about source of confusion in relations? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

uncles

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'relations?' is the definition.
(uncle is a kind of relation)

'french articles about source of confusion' is the wordplay.
'french articles' becomes 'unes' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'source of confusion' becomes 'cl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'unes' enclosing 'cl' is 'UNCLES'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for uncles that I've seen before include "Relations" , "Helper who looks after another person" , "Older male relatives" , "Kinsmen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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