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Parisian district needs rainstorm desperately? (14)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arrondissement

'parisian district' is the definition.
(type of administrative district in Paris)

'needs rainstorm desperately?' is the wordplay.
'desperately?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'desperately' mean this).
'needs'+'rainstorm'='needsrainstorm'
'needsrainstorm' anagrammed gives 'ARRONDISSEMENT'.

(Other definitions for arrondissement that I've seen before include "Zone de Paris" , "Paris area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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