Alien from Aden (4)

I believe the answer is:

dane

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'alien' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'from aden' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (the anagram comes from the same letters).
'aden' with letters rearranged gives 'DANE'.

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(Other definitions for dane that I've seen before include "Great - - , dog" , "Person from Copenhagen" , "Hamlet, say" , "Hamlet was one" , "Hamlet -- as described by 12 [GLOOMY]" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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