Start a fire, of a sort, for the French (6)

I believe the answer is:

kindle

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'start a fire of a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'sort for the french' is the wordplay.
'sort' becomes 'kind' (synonyms).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'kind'+'le'='KINDLE'

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(Other definitions for kindle that I've seen before include "Light (fire)" , "Stir up, start burning" , "reading facilitated by this?" , "Make something start burning" , "Ignite" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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