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Allude to trapping beast coming up from foreign parts (6)

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I believe the answer is:

exotic

'from foreign parts' is the definition.

'allude to trapping beast coming up' is the wordplay.
'allude to' becomes 'cite'.
'trapping' indicates putting letters inside.
'beast' becomes 'ox'.
'coming up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'cite' placed around 'ox' is 'citoxe'.
'citoxe' in reverse letter order is 'EXOTIC'.

(Other definitions for exotic that I've seen before include "Alien; outlandish" , "Strange and colourful as from abroad" , "Foreign, strange or exciting" , "Strikingly different/colourful" , "Unusual and interesting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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