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Asian curses, receiving happy greeting (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bangladeshi

'asian' is the definition.
(Bangladeshi is an example)

'curses receiving happy greeting' is the wordplay.
'curses' becomes 'banes' ('bane' can be a synonym of 'curse').
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'happy' becomes 'glad' (similar in meaning).
'greeting' becomes 'hi' (hi is a kind of greeting).
'banes' going around 'glad' is 'banglades'.
'banglades'+'hi'='BANGLADESHI'

(Other definitions for bangladeshi that I've seen before include "Foreigner" , "Native of Dhaka" , "from South Asian republic" , "From Dhaka, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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