African film about swindle in Austria is boring (8)
I believe the answer is:
egyptian
'african' is the definition.
(Egyptian is an example)
'swindle in austria is boring' is the wordplay.
'swindle' becomes 'egypt' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'austria' becomes 'a'.
'is boring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters must 'bore' a hole into other letters).
'in' going around 'a' is 'ian'.
'egypt'+'ian'='EGYPTIAN'
'film about' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for egyptian that I've seen before include "Person from Alexandria?" , "Like twenty-two's [ANTONY] lover" , "Eg, native of Cairo" , "Is Pat eying this son of Cairo, say?" , "Alexandria native?" .)