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Foreigners who may seem less than fine to the Poles? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

finns

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'foreigners who may seem' is the definition.
'finns' can be an answer for 'foreigners' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the rest of the definition.

'less than fine to the poles?' is the wordplay.
'less than' means to remove the last letter (not the full word).
'to the poles?' becomes 'ns' (North and South poles).
'fine' with its last letter taken off is 'fin'.
'fin'+'ns'='FINNS'

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(Other definitions for finns that I've seen before include "foreigners" , "Natives of Helsinki" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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