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Is she the one for a Frenchman? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irene

'is she' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one for a frenchman?' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a frenchman?' becomes 'rene' (common French name).
'i'+'rene'='IRENE'

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for irene that I've seen before include "Representative of peace" , "Girl's name; Soames Forsyte's first wife" , "Peaceful girl" , "Girl of peace" , "- - Handl, actress" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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