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French poet's always less restrained (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freer

'less restrained' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'french poet's always' is the wordplay.
'french' becomes 'fr'.
'poet's always' becomes 'eer' ('e'er' is a poetic term for 'ever' or 'always').
'fr'+'eer'='FREER'

(Other definitions for freer that I've seen before include "Less constrained" , "less inhibited" , "Less restricted" , "More at liberty, less restrained" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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