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National Trust's originator raised capital abroad (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tamil

'national' is the definition.

'trust's originator raised capital abroad' is the wordplay.
'originator' indicates taking the first letters (I've seen 'originators' mean this).
'raised' is a reversal indicator.
'capital abroad' becomes 'lima' (capital of Peru).
The initial letter of 'trusts' is 't'.
'lima' back-to-front is 'amil'.
't'+'amil'='TAMIL'

(Other definitions for tamil that I've seen before include "Perhaps Indian" , "Southern Indian language" , "South Indian people or language" , "Member of South Indian people" , "One in race" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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