Strange alien, right? Not I! (9)

I believe the answer is:

earthling

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'strange alien right? not i' is the definition.
I know that 'alien' relates to this answer.

'strange alien right? not i' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates an anagram.
'not' suggests deleting specific letters.
'alien'+'right'='alienright'
'alienright' with 'i' removed is 'alenright'.
'alenright' with letters rearranged gives 'EARTHLING'.

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(Other definitions for earthling that I've seen before include "Human being (sci-fi)" , "man so to be called from space?" , "sci-fi character" , "Man of the world" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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