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The French put in poor crosses — with no goals (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scoreless

'with no goals' is the definition.
(yet to score a goal)

'the french put in poor crosses' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'crosses' is an anagram of 'scoress'.
'le' inserted within 'scoress' is 'SCORELESS'.

(Other definitions for scoreless that I've seen before include "not yet ready to play?" , "Such boring draws" , "Lacking goals?" , "Lacking success in sport" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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