African eating crusts on pasty, remarkably (8)

I believe the answer is:

egyptian

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'african' is the definition.
(I know that Egyptian is a type of african)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for egyptian that I've seen before include "New African democrat" , "Language of the pharaohs" , "tongue, once" , "from the Middle East" , "Native of the land of the Pharaohs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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