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Islander's baseline shot (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

balinese

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'islander's' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'baseline shot' is the wordplay.
'shot' indicates an anagram.
'baseline' is an anagram of 'BALINESE'.

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(Other definitions for balinese that I've seen before include "Asian language" , "policy needs external support" , "Foreign language" , "Islanders" , "Indonesian" .)

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