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Asian one having Geordie friend over? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nepali

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

'one having geordie friend over?' is the wordplay.
'one having' becomes 'i' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'geordie' becomes 'NE' (Geordies are from Tyneside in the North East).
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal is a kind of friend).
'over?' says to put letters next to each other.
'ne'+'pal'='nepal'
'i' put after 'nepal' is 'NEPALI'.

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(Other definitions for nepali that I've seen before include "Native of a mountainous Hindu kingdom" , "Native of one Himalayan state" , "Asian national" , "Language of Kathmandu" , "Kathmandu native" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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