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Most trusting Parisian is on sodium drip (7)

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I believe the answer is:

naivest

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'most trusting' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are superlative adjectives. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'parisian is on sodium drip' is the wordplay.
'parisian is' becomes 'est' ('is' in French).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sodium' becomes 'NA' (chemical symbol).
'drip' becomes 'IV' (intravenous drip).
'na'+'iv'='naiv'
'est' put after 'naiv' is 'NAIVEST'.

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(Other definitions for naivest that I've seen before include "Most unsophisticated" , "very green" , "Most open" , "far from the most wise?" , "Least sophisticated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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