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Girl presenting French art to the King (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esther

'girl' is the definition.

'french art to the king' is the wordplay.
'french art' becomes 'es' ('is' in French - 'art' can mean 'is' eg 'thou art').
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation of Latin rex).
'es'+'the'+'r'='ESTHER'

'presenting' is the link.

(Other definitions for esther that I've seen before include "Old Testament book that tells of a beautiful Jewess" , "Fem. name, threes (anag.)" , "__ Rantzen, TV presenter, b. 1940" , "OT Queen of Persia" , "Oratorio by Handel; girl's name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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