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Divine Greek female and Frenchman on island (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irene

'divine greek female' is the definition.
(Irene or Eirene, Greek goddess of peace)

'frenchman on island' is the wordplay.
'frenchman' becomes 'rene' (common French name).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'island' becomes 'i'.
'rene' after 'i' is 'IRENE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for irene that I've seen before include "- - Handl, actress" , "Peaceful girl" , "One can find a girl in Ree" , "Goddess of peace - Byzantine ruler" , "Representative of peace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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