Old Berliner keen to cross street on island? (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
east german
'old berliner' is the definition.
(Berlin was part of East Germany)
'keen to cross street on island?' is the wordplay.
'keen' becomes 'eager' (I've seen this before).
'to cross' indicates putting letters inside.
'street' becomes 'st'.
'on island?' becomes 'man' (I've seen this in other clues).
'eager' placed around 'st' is 'eastger'.
'eastger'+'man'='EAST GERMAN'
(Another definition for east german that I've seen is " inhabitant of former country".)
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