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Saloon, perhaps getting one local stripped for a Brazilian (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carioca

'for a brazilian' is the definition.
(Carioca means a resident of Rio de Janeiro)

'saloon perhaps getting one local stripped' is the wordplay.
'saloon perhaps' becomes 'car' (I've seen this before).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'stripped' indicates the central letters (outside letters removed).
The middle of 'local' is 'oca'.
'car'+'i'+'oca'='CARIOCA'

(Other definitions for carioca that I've seen before include "Latin dance" , "Samba-like dance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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