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Taught you French, pulled apart by Germany (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tutored

'taught' is the definition.
(tutoring is a kind of teaching)

'you french pulled apart by germany' is the wordplay.
'you french' becomes 'tu' (I've seen this in other clues).
'pulled apart' becomes 'tore' (tearing is a kind of pulling apart).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'germany' becomes 'd' (international vehicle registration code).
'tu'+'tore'+'d'='TUTORED'

(Other definitions for tutored that I've seen before include "Taught small groups" , "Was coach" , "Coached" , "Privately taught" , "Disciplined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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