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Strip and rip off a French female's clothing (6)

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I believe the answer is:

unrobe

'strip' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rip off a french female's clothing' is the wordplay.
'rip off' becomes 'rob' (robbing is a kind of ripping off).
'a french female' becomes 'une' ('a' translated into French, feminine).
'clothing' is an insertion indicator (some letters cover up or clothe others).
'rob' inserted into 'une' is 'UNROBE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for unrobe that I've seen before include "strip" , "Remove an item of clothing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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