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Like two Europeans providing gloss? (6,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

french polish

'gloss?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'like two europeans' is the wordplay.
'like two' becomes 'french' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'europeans' becomes 'polish' (I've seen this before).
'french'+'polish'='FRENCH-POLISH'

'providing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for french polish that I've seen before include "Shellac dissolved in alcohol, used on furniture" , "Glossy varnish for wood" , "Shiner" , "bilingually" , "Shine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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