The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CORSICA
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More clues leading to the result CORSICA
- Company car is damaged in mountainous place
- Rupees southern India discovered in drug island
- Fabulous bird raised, literally, on an island
- Island men reproduced exactly in California
- First of cluesnearly upset island
- Company car is damaged making for a Mediterranean island
- Gosh, it was meant to be: a Mediterranean island!
- Company car is wrecked in isolated area of France
- I say so — one’s an island
- Island company reproduced cars, importing one
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The straight part
We know that "French offshore body" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case french offshore body = corsica.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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