Prime cheese, foremost from France (5)

I believe the answer is:

brief

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'prime' is the definition.
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'cheese foremost from france' is the wordplay.
'cheese foremost' becomes 'brie' (Brie is an example. I am not sure about the 'foremost' bit.**).
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'france' becomes 'f'.
'brie'+'f'='BRIEF'

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(Other definitions for brief that I've seen before include "Prime" , "not lasting long" , "brusque > QC, perhaps" , "Barrister (sl.)" , "Short in duration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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