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Secret society joined by a new islander (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tongan

'islander' is the definition.
(someone from Tonga)

'secret society joined by a new' is the wordplay.
'secret society' becomes 'tong' (term for a Chinese secret organisation).
'joined by' says to put letters next to each other.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'tong'+'a'+'n'='TONGAN'

(Other definitions for tongan that I've seen before include "One from the Friendly Islands, as was" , "Language" , "Friendly Islander" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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