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Story written about France in US magazine (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

life

'us magazine' is the definition.
(Life is a US magazine)

'story written about france' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'written about' is an insertion indicator.
'france' becomes 'f'.
'lie' enclosing 'f' is 'LIFE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for life that I've seen before include "Birth to death" , "Vitality, vigour" , "Maximum stretch?" , "Animation" , "and 12 Down: Biology, medicine, etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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