Greek politician cuts prices to accommodate the French (8)

I believe the answer is:

pericles

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'greek politician' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'cuts prices to accommodate the french' is the wordplay.
'cuts' means to remove the last letter (I've seen 'cut' mean this).
'to accommodate' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'accommodated' mean this).
'the french' becomes 'les' (plural form of 'the' in French).
'prices' with its last letter taken away is 'price'.
'price' anagrammed gives 'peric'.
'peric'+'les'='PERICLES'

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(Other definitions for pericles that I've seen before include "Ceps rile up the Athenian who ordered the construction of the Parthenon" , "Statesman in Athens" , "Athenian 'golden age' leader" , "Athenian statesman" , "Shakespearean play" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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