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What about cunning bloke? He's no alien (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earthman

'he's no alien' is the definition.
(someone from Earth)

'what about cunning bloke?' is the wordplay.
'what' becomes 'eh' (sound used to ask 'what?' or 'pardon?').
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cunning' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'bloke?' becomes 'man' (informal term for a man).
'eh' going around 'art' is 'earth'.
'earth'+'man'='EARTHMAN'

(Another definition for earthman that I've seen is " Human (sci-fi)".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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