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Volte-face from old chap in Parisian street entrance (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enamour

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'entrance' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'volte-face from old chap in parisian street' is the wordplay.
'volte-face' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (a volte-face is changing to the opposite direction).
'from' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'old chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man. I am not sure about the 'old' bit.).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'parisian street' becomes 'rue' ('street' in French).
'o'+'man'='oman'
'oman' placed into 'rue' is 'ruomane'.
'ruomane' backwards is 'ENAMOUR'.

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(Other definitions for enamour that I've seen before include "Enchant" , "Delight" , "Fill with love" , "entrance" , "Charm, captivate" .)

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