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The French outlaw taking on a country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lebanon

'a country' is the definition.
(I know that Lebanon is a country)

'the french outlaw taking on' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'outlaw' becomes 'ban' (banning is a kind of outlawing).
'taking' says to put letters next to each other.
'le'+'ban'+'on'='LEBANON'

(Other definitions for lebanon that I've seen before include "Country associated with cedar trees" , "Neighbour of Israel" , "E. Mediterranean nation" , "Middle Eastern region" , "Nab Noel in eastern Med. country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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