More liberal French bird back (5)
I believe the answer is:
freer
'more liberal' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are comparative adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'french bird back' is the wordplay.
'french' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation).
'bird' becomes 'ree' (term for a female ruff bird).
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ree' backwards is 'eer'.
'fr'+'eer'='FREER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for freer that I've seen before include "Less restricted" , "Less constrained" , "More at liberty, less restrained" , "less inhibited" .)