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Rain irritated Scotsman and this national (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iranian

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'this national' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'rain irritated scotsman' is the wordplay.
'irritated' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'scotsman' becomes 'ian' (common Scottish name).
'rain' is an anagram of 'iran'.
'iran'+'ian'='IRANIAN'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for iranian that I've seen before include "Native of modern Persia" , "Nationality of citizen of Tehran" , "Tehran native, say" , "One from Isfahan" , "From Tehran, perhaps?" .)

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