South Asian plane crashed beside island (6)

I believe the answer is:

nepali

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'south asian' is the definition.
'Nepali' can be an answer for 'asian' (from Nepal). I'm not sure about the 'south' bit.

'plane crashed beside island' is the wordplay.
'crashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'beside' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'plane' is an anagram of 'nepal'.
'nepal'+'i'='NEPALI'

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(Other definitions for nepali that I've seen before include "Language of Kathmandu" , "Native of a mountainous Hindu kingdom" , "Foreigner" , "Kathmandu native" , "Mountain-dweller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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