Cryptic crossword clue
Bug French painter about old painting’s finish

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word FROGHOPPER

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What does FROGHOPPER mean?

FROGHOPPER noun
  1. Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.

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