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Continental in the biggest possible way (5)

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asian

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'continental' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'biggest possible way' is the wordplay.
'biggest possible' becomes 'asia' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'way' becomes 'n' (Compass direction - North).
'asia'+'n'='ASIAN'

'in the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for asian that I've seen before include "Relating to one continent" , "Eastern national" , "of Indian descent, say?" , "eg Pakistani" , "Easterner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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