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Frenchman gets to pull a face after a sketch (3,3)

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I believe the answer is:

map out

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'sketch' is the definition.
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'frenchman gets to pull a face after a' is the wordplay.
'frenchman' becomes 'm' (abbreviation for Monsieur - like 'Mr').
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'to pull a face' becomes 'pout' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pout' after 'a' is 'apout'.
'm'+'apout' is 'MAP OUT'.

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(Other definitions for map out that I've seen before include "Plan" , "sketch" , "Arrange in detail" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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