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Flirt disheartened still visiting French coast (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coquette

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'flirt disheartened still visiting french coast' is the definition.
'coquette' can be an answer for 'flirt' (synonyms). I'm not certain of the 'disheartened still visiting french coast' bit.

'flirt disheartened still visiting french coast' is the wordplay.
'flirt' becomes 'coquet' (synonyms).
'disheartened still visiting french coast' becomes 'te' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'coquet'+'te'='COQUETTE'

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(Other definitions for coquette that I've seen before include "Flirty female" , "Flirting female" , "Seductive woman" , "Flirt" , "trifler" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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