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Sheer, the Parisian tower (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steeple

'tower' is the definition.
(steeple is a kind of tower)

'sheer the parisian' is the wordplay.
'sheer' becomes 'steep' ('steep' can be similar in meaning to 'sheer').
'the parisian' becomes 'le' (definite article in French).
'steep'+'le'='STEEPLE'

(Other definitions for steeple that I've seen before include "Tall building" , "Pointed church tower" , "Sort of chase" , "part of church" , "Jack up this?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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