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Reach to grab last of Roquefort, French cheese (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comte

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'french cheese' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'reach to grab last of roquefort' is the wordplay.
'reach' becomes 'come' (I've seen this in other clues).
'to grab' indicates putting letters inside.
'last of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'roquefort' is 't'.
'come' going around 't' is 'COMTE'.

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(Other definitions for comte that I've seen before include "Foreign nobleman" , "Philosopher" , "French nobleman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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