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The French women not as much unruly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lawless

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

'the french women not as much' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'not as much' becomes 'less' (similar in meaning).
'la'+'w'+'less'='LAWLESS'

(Other definitions for lawless that I've seen before include "Wild wild" , "Ungoverned" , "Anarchy" , "Anarchic, without any controls" , "Unruly - anarchic" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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