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Asian people rising in sublimation (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tamil

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

'rising in sublimation' is the wordplay.
'rising' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'limat' is hidden within 'sublimation'.
'limat' written backwards gives 'TAMIL'.

'people' is the link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for tamil that I've seen before include "An official language of Sri Lanka" , "Language of southern India and Sri Lanka" , "S. India/Sri Lankan person, tongue" , "Southern Indian language" , "Perhaps Indian" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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