Pampers Charlie with strange French article (7)
I believe the answer is:
coddles
'pampers' is the definition.
('coddle' can be a synonym of 'pamper')
'charlie with strange french article' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'strange' becomes 'odd' (I've seen this before).
'french article' becomes 'les' (french for 'the' - definite article).
'c'+'odd'+'les'='CODDLES'
(Another definition for coddles that I've seen is " Pampers".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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