### Clue: The French, about four in the morning, may start mating with it filling the blanks? Au contraire! (4,10)
### Answer: LIVE AMMUNITION 
 ### Explanation: Definition: "blanks? Au contraire!". LE="The [in] French", around IV="four" in Roman numerals, plus AM="in the morning", plus M[ay], plus UNION="mating" around IT