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Way out for a foreign regular (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unusual

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'way out' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'a foreign regular' is the wordplay.
'a foreign' becomes 'un' ('a' translated into French).
'regular' becomes 'usual' ('usual' can be similar in meaning to 'regular').
'un'+'usual'='UNUSUAL'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for unusual that I've seen before include "Not commor or ordinary" , "Remarkable, exceptional" , "Odd - rare" , "Peculiar" , "Not commonly encountered" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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