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Thoughts of the French about being made free (13)

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I believe the answer is:

deliberations

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'thoughts' is the definition.
(deliberation is a kind of thought)

'french about being made free' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic) and 'on' is present in the answer.
'being' could be 'rat' (rat is a kind of being) and 'rat' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of the' is the link.

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(Another definition for deliberations that I've seen is " Formal discussions".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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