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Frequently getting goon bumping off foremost guy in Calais? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frenchman

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'calais?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'frequently getting goon bumping off foremost guy' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'getting' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is present in the answer.
'guy' could be 'man' (I've seen this before) and 'man' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for frenchman that I've seen before include "Nice chap" , "Monsieur is one" , "for whom we must be sixteen [NOUS]?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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