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Liaison with a French blonde? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

affair

'liaison' is the definition.
('affair' can be a synonym of 'liaison')

'with a french blonde?' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'french' becomes 'f'.
'blonde?' becomes 'fair' ('fair' can be similar in meaning to 'blonde').
'a' put next to 'f' is 'af'.
'af'+'fair'='AFFAIR'

(Other definitions for affair that I've seen before include "Secret liaison" , "Thing to be done with raffia" , "See 23" , "Secret sexual relationship" , "Involvement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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