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South-east Asian fellow's upset young Arab? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foal

'young arab?' is the definition.
(Arab is a type of horse)

'south-east asian fellow's upset' is the wordplay.
'south-east asian' becomes 'lao' (native of Laos).
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'upset' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'lao'+'f'='laof'
'laof' back-to-front is 'FOAL'.

(Another definition for foal that I've seen is " A young horse for Olaf".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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