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Has she beautiful French? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belle

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'has she beautiful french?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'she beautiful french?' is the wordplay.
'she' becomes 'bell'.
'beautiful french?' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'bell'+'e'='BELLE'

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(Other definitions for belle that I've seen before include "Handsome lady of the Ball?" , "Girl who's fetching" , "Beautiful woman - of the ball?" , "Beautiful female" , "Reigning beauty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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