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Notice French king tucking into whisky without much skill (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maladroit

'without much skill' is the definition.

'notice french king tucking into whisky' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'ad'.
'french king' becomes 'roi' (I've seen this before).
'tucking into' indicates putting letters inside.
'whisky' becomes 'malt' (malt whisky is a kind of whisky).
'ad'+'roi'='adroi'
'adroi' inserted within 'malt' is 'MALADROIT'.

(Other definitions for maladroit that I've seen before include "Clumsy or bungling, ham-fisted" , "Inefficient, clumsy" , "Inept, clumsy" , "Awkward - unskilful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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