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Left India next to an African (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

libyan

'african' is the definition.
(Libyan is an example)

'left india next to an' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'next to' becomes 'by'.
'l'+'i'+'by'+'an'='LIBYAN'

(Other definitions for libyan that I've seen before include "Eg, native of Tripoli" , "such as began in Benghazi" , "Nationality of citizen of Tripoli" , "Native of Tripoli, say" , "Citizen of Colonel Gadaffi's country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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