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Sweet of the French, very French tipping (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dessert

'sweet' is the definition.
('dessert' can be a synonym of 'sweet')

'of the french very french tipping' is the wordplay.
'of the french' becomes 'des'.
'very french' becomes 'tres' ('very' translated into French).
'tipping' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'tres' in reverse letter order is 'sert'.
'des'+'sert'='DESSERT'

(Other definitions for dessert that I've seen before include "Charlotte maybe" , "Fool possibly" , "Pudding, sweet" , "Christmas pudding maybe" , "Spotted Dick is one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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