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The French girl is permissible (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legal

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

'the french girl' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'girl' becomes 'gal' ().
'le'+'gal'='LEGAL'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for legal that I've seen before include "Constitutional" , "associated with silk business?" , "not banned" , "not breaking the law" , "Like some tender" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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