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Tasteful girl with a French boyfriend (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

salami

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'tasteful girl with a french boyfriend' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'girl with a french boyfriend' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Sal' (feminine given name).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a french boyfriend' becomes 'ami' (a male friend in French. I am not sure about the 'french' bit.).
'sal'+'ami'='SALAMI'

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(Other definitions for salami that I've seen before include "Banger" , "Highly-seasoned Italian sausage" , "Spicy preserved sausage" , "Preserved meat sausage" , "Garlic- flavoured sausage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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