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Like Scotsman? Like most people! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asian

'like most people' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'like scotsman?' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'scotsman?' becomes 'ian' (common Scottish name).
'as'+'ian'='ASIAN'

(Other definitions for asian that I've seen before include "like the majority of people" , "Of the largest continent" , "From Bangladesh, say" , "someone from abroad?" , "Indian or Thai?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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