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Want son to entertain the French? That’s uncalled-for (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

needless

'uncalled-for' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'want son to entertain the french?' is the wordplay.
'want' becomes 'need' ('need' can be a synonym of 'want'**).
'son' becomes 's'.
'to entertain' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the french?' becomes 'les' (les is the in french).
'need'+'s'='needs'
'needs' going around 'les' is 'NEEDLESS'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for needless that I've seen before include "uncalled for" , "Otiose" , "Unneccessary and unwarranted" , "Surplus to requirements" , "Without reason" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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