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What's new from the French trial? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

latest

'what's new' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the french trial?' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'trial?' becomes 'test' ('test' can be a synonym of 'trial').
'la'+'test'='LATEST'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for latest that I've seen before include "most behind time" , "Most recent (news)" , "Most up-to-date" , "Most recent or most tardy" , "Most recent or most unpunctual" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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