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Native struck oil bargain (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aboriginal

'native' is the definition.
(I know this)

'struck oil bargain' is the wordplay.
'struck' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'oil'+'bargain'='oilbargain'
'oilbargain' anagrammed gives 'ABORIGINAL'.

(Other definitions for aboriginal that I've seen before include "resident in Australia?" , "Autochthonous" , "Native Australian; indigenous" , "Relating to native Australians" , "First inhabitant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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