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Arranged truce after the French talk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lecture

'talk' is the definition.
('lecture' can be a synonym of 'talk')

'arranged truce after the french' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'the french' becomes 'le' (**).
'truce' is an anagram of 'cture'.
'cture' after 'le' is 'LECTURE'.

(Other definitions for lecture that I've seen before include "University teaching period" , "Deliver a talk" , "University lesson" , "Teaching discourse" , "Lengthy reprimand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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