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The French chap at wedding makes space (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legroom

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'space' is the definition.
(I know that legroom is a type of space)

'the french chap at' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'chap at' becomes 'groom' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'le'+'groom'='LEGROOM'

'wedding makes' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for legroom that I've seen before include "Space to stretch for seated person" , "Space to stretch out when sitting" , "Space often lacking on a plane!" , "(Seated) person's space for feet" , "Space in front of a seat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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