### Clue: French articles about catch thrown back by sailor not based on facts (9)
### Answer: UNTENABLE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: not based on facts
 UN,LE(in French, the articles "one" and "the", respectively) **containing**(about) [**reversal of**(… thrown back) NET(to catch/to trap, with a net obviously) **plus**(by) AB(abbrev. for "able-bodied seaman"/a sailor) ].