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Sugar in France, translated to ‘sucre’ (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fructose

'sugar' is the definition.
(fructose is a kind of sugar)

'france translated to sucre' is the wordplay.
'france' becomes 'f'.
'translated' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'sucre'='tosucre'
'tosucre' with letters rearranged gives 'ructose'.
'f'+'ructose'='FRUCTOSE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for fructose that I've seen before include "A simple sugar, in honey for instance" , "Fruit-sugar" , "Sweetener" , "Kind of sugar" , "It's sweet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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