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Online friend entering part of the UK, Asian national (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nepali

'asian national' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'online friend entering part of the uk' is the wordplay.
'online' becomes 'e' (as in e-mail or e-commerce).
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal is a kind of friend**).
'entering' indicates putting letters inside.
'part of the uk' becomes 'ni' (Northern Ireland).
'e'+'pal'='epal'
'epal' inserted into 'ni' is 'NEPALI'.

(Other definitions for nepali that I've seen before include "One from Katmandu" , "Native of one Himalayan state" , "Native of a mountainous Hindu kingdom" , "one found in mountainous region" , "Language of Kathmandu" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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