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Crazy man kidnaps Heath, Statesman (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

american

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

'crazy man kidnaps heath' is the wordplay.
'crazy' indicates an anagram.
'kidnaps' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'heath' becomes 'erica' (erica is a kind of heath).
'man' with letters rearranged gives 'amn'.
'amn' placed around 'erica' is 'AMERICAN'.

(Other definitions for american that I've seen before include "Film starring Kevin Spacey" , "Game played on a gridiron" , "Main race confused in USA" , "US citizen in Cinerama (8)" , "[YANKEES] member?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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