French satirist (8)
I believe the answer is:
rabelais
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">french satirist</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rabelais that I've seen before include "Creator of Gargantua" , "teller of stories" , "Francois ......., 16th century French satirist - sort of base liar" , "French writer" , "Racy writer" .)