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Restless one who French epigraphist deserted (7)

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I believe the answer is:

unquiet

'restless' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'one who french epigraphist deserted' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'un' (northern English dialect form of 'one').
'who french' becomes 'qui' ('who' in French).
'deserted' suggests removing the centre (middle letters must vacate or desert the word).
'epigraphist' with its centre removed is 'et'.
'un'+'qui'+'et'='UNQUIET'

(Another definition for unquiet that I've seen is " Disturbed and restless".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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