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Person from America described khaki-coloured pant as all right? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chinook

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'person from america described khaki-coloured pant' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'all right?' is the wordplay.
'all' becomes 'chino' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'right?' becomes 'ok' (OK can mean right or appropriate).
'chino'+'ok'='CHINOOK'

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chinook that I've seen before include "North American wind, native or language" , "warm one" , "nickname of US State" , "Arctic wind" , "Rocky Mountains' wind - helicopter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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