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Australian native having roots in Lincoln? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aborigine

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'australian' is the definition.
(Aborigine is an example)

'roots in lincoln?' is the wordplay.
'roots' becomes 'origin' (I've seen this in another clue).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'lincoln?' becomes 'abe' (I've seen this in another clue).
'origin' inserted inside 'abe' is 'ABORIGINE'.

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(Other definitions for aborigine that I've seen before include "Old Australian" , "Original inhabitant" , "Oldest inhabitant" , "I was in Oz first"" , "Native Australian" .)

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