No saint dies out, under a French rule (11)
I believe the answer is:
uncanonised
'no saint' is the definition.
The definition suggests a verb in its base form which matches the answer.
'dies out under a french rule' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'under' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (below, in a down clue).
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'rule' becomes 'canon' (canon can mean a law).
'dies' with letters rearranged gives 'ised'.
'un'+'canon'='uncanon'
'ised' put after 'uncanon' is 'UNCANONISED'.
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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