Cryptic crossword clue
Time with former lovers consuming Frenchman's cuisine 3-3

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TEX

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The straight part
We know that "cuisine" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cuisine = tex.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TEX mean?

TEX noun
  1. A milligram per meter, a unit of linear mass density for thread or fiber.

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