Sarah takes a French friend Italian sausages (6)

I believe the answer is:

salami

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'sarah takes a french friend italian sausages' is the definition.
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'sarah takes a french friend' is the wordplay.
'sarah' becomes 'Sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
'takes' says to put letters next to each other.
'a french friend' becomes 'ami' ('friend' in French).
'sal'+'ami'='SALAMI'

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(Other definitions for salami that I've seen before include "Food" , "meat product" , "Highly seasoned fatty sausage" , "Highly-spiced sausage" , "Garlic- flavoured sausage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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