The French aristocrat spared the guillotine, perhaps (3,3)

Independent Cryptic #11737 | 6 Down | 2024-05-23
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

LE (a form of “the” in French) + TOFF (slang for aristocrat). Let off = allowed to escape a deserved punishment.

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