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Like some bling Monsieur Balzac regularly chucked in N Midlands river? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tremblant

'like some bling' is the definition.
(tremblant describes jewels which shake)

'monsieur balzac regularly chucked in n midlands river?' is the wordplay.
'monsieur' becomes 'm'.
'regularly chucked' means one should take alternating letters (letters chucked out at regular intervals).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'n midlands river?' becomes 'Trent' (River Trent).
The alternate letters of 'balzac' are 'bla'.
'm'+'bla'='mbla'
'mbla' going inside 'trent' is 'TREMBLANT'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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