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New range of French bombs (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grenades

'bombs' is the definition.
(grenade is a kind of bomb)

'new range of french' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'of french' becomes 'des' (I've seen this in other clues).
'range' with letters rearranged gives 'grena'.
'grena'+'des'='GRENADES'

(Other definitions for grenades that I've seen before include "Small bombs thrown by hand" , "Hand-thrown bombs for grandees" , "Grandees holding small bombs" , "Small hand-bombs" , "Small explosive hand-bomb" .)

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