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Misread quiz, oddly missing nationality of Hadid (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iraqi

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'missing nationality of hadid' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'misread quiz oddly' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'misread'+'quiz'='misreadquiz'
The alternating letters of 'misreadquiz' are 'IRAQI'.

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(Other definitions for iraqi that I've seen before include "foreign national" , "Eg, Baghdad native" , "From a battle zone" , "Asian" , "Native of Fallujah, perhaps" .)

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