Africans visit Kent area, taking in Tyneside lass (10)

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senegalese

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'africans visit kent area taking in tyneside lass' is the definition.
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'visit kent area taking in tyneside lass' is the wordplay.
'visit' becomes 'see' (seeing is a kind of visiting).
'kent area' becomes 'se'.
'taking in' indicates putting letters inside.
'tyneside' becomes 'ne' (region in North East of England).
'lass' becomes 'gal' (I've seen this in other clues).
'see'+'se'='seese'
'ne'+'gal'='negal'
'seese' going around 'negal' is 'SENEGALESE'.

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(Other definitions for senegalese that I've seen before include "from West Africa" , "Relating to a West African country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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