American getting cross when tangled in a net (5)
I believe the answer is:
texan
'american' is the definition.
(I know that Texan is a type of american)
'getting cross when tangled in a net' is the wordplay.
'getting' is an insertion indicator.
'cross' becomes 'x' (X is cross-shaped).
'when' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'tangled' indicates an anagram.
'in a net' becomes 'tan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'x'+'e'='xe'
'xe' is an anagram of 'ex'.
'ex' placed within 'tan' is 'TEXAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for texan that I've seen before include "One from SW USA" , "From a large US state" , "Person from southwestern US state" , "Native of Houston, perhaps" , "Person from Austin, USA?" .)