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Straighten out a French composer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unravel

'straighten out' is the definition.
(unraveling is a kind of straightening out)

'a french composer' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'composer' becomes 'ravel' (Maurice Ravel).
'un'+'ravel'='UNRAVEL'

(Other definitions for unravel that I've seen before include "Come undone; solve" , "Sort out" , "Disentangle or undo like knitted fabric" , "Become undone" , "Straighten out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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