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It provides illumination for the French politician (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lamp

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'it provides illumination' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'the french politician' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' (one of the French words for 'the').
'politician' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'la'+'mp'='LAMP'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lamp that I've seen before include "Source of light, usually portable" , "bulb" , "Source of artificial light" , "Device for giving light on palm" , "Aladdin's - -" .)

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