Little Victor Murphy finished somewhere in France (5)

I believe the answer is:

vichy

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'in france' is the definition.
(I know that Vichy is a commune of France)

'little victor murphy finished somewhere' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'victor' could be 'vic' (nickname) and 'vic' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for vichy that I've seen before include "French city" , "French spa town" , "French wartime capital" , "Town form which iccupied France was administered during WW2" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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