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The French island certainly supplies relaxation (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leisure

'relaxation' is the definition.
(leisure is a kind of relaxation)

'the french island certainly' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'certainly' becomes 'sure' (synonyms).
'le'+'i'+'sure'='LEISURE'

'supplies' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for leisure that I've seen before include "Ease; time off work" , "Recreation time" , "Freedom from work" , "Free time; relaxation" , "Use lire (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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