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FILL WITH DELIGHT IN EUROPEAN TRAP REBUILT BY RIVER (9)

A BEETLE FOUND UNDERNEATH AN OLD FRENCH COIN IN THE COUNTRY (7)

A DOCTOR ABOUT TO TURN A YELLOWISH COLOUR (5)

first one enrapture

in european = en
trap built = rapt
river = ure
fill with delight = enrapture

third one amber

a + doctor (mb) about (re) to turn = er

ECU A DOR

Big Dave - why? I know an ECU was a European Currency Unit (so not specific to France) but the wordplay escapes me - please will you explain.

Have some Letters for A beetle found underneath an old French Coin in the country

?I?A?E?

A dor is a type of beetle

Also

écu
noun
* A French silver coin, usu considered as equivalent to the English crown
* A French gold coin weighing about 60 grains, etc (both historical)
* More recently, a common name for the five-franc piece

I'll be surprised if it is wrong.