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Makes you French look Italian (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tuscan

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'italian' is the definition.
(someone from Tuscany in Italy)

'makes you french look' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (commonly used in online communication) and 'u' is located in the answer.
'look' could be 'scan' (I've seen this before) and 'scan' is found in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for tuscan that I've seen before include "From a central Italian region" , "Classical architecture" , "Standard Italian" , "From a region of west central Italy" , "Of region around Florence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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