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Busy Asian river — tours I suspect (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

industrious

'busy' is the definition.
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'asian river tours i suspect' is the wordplay.
'asian river' becomes 'indus' (I've seen this before).
'suspect' indicates an anagram.
'tours'+'i'='toursi'
'toursi' anagrammed gives 'trious'.
'indus'+'trious'='INDUSTRIOUS'

(Other definitions for industrious that I've seen before include "Busy" , "Diligent, hard-working" , "Hard working" , "Toiling hard" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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