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Asian kind of summer? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indian

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'asian' is the definition.
(I know that Indian is a type of asian)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

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(Other definitions for indian that I've seen before include "American originally" , "Eg, native of Delhi" , "He's from 16 down" , "May be Asiatic or N. American" , "One type of elephant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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