African alien hiding pain meets Scotsman (8)

I believe the answer is:

egyptian

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'african' is the definition.
(Egyptian is an example)

'alien hiding pain meets scotsman' is the wordplay.
'alien' becomes 'et' (extra terrestrial).
'hiding' indicates putting letters inside.
'pain meets' becomes 'gyp' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'scotsman' becomes 'ian' (common Scottish name).
'et' placed around 'gyp' is 'egypt'.
'egypt'+'ian'='EGYPTIAN'

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(Other definitions for egyptian that I've seen before include "Native of the land of the Pharaohs" , "From North African country" , "One from Suez" , "Language of the pharaohs" , "Alexandria native?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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