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Language of Indians, thus endlessly complicated (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hindustani

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

'indians thus endlessly complicated' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'complicated' is an anagram indicator.
'indians'+'thus'='indiansthus'
'indiansthus' with its last letter removed is 'indiansthu'.
'indiansthu' with letters rearranged gives 'HINDUSTANI'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for hindustani that I've seen before include "Indians" , "Language" , "tongue" , "Converting device" , "Dialect of Hindi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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