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Father making a stink about island national (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pakistani

'national' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'father making a stink about island' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'making' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'a'+'stink'='astink'
'astink' put after 'i' is 'iastink'.
'iastink' with letters rearranged gives 'kistani'.
'pa'+'kistani'='PAKISTANI'

(Other definitions for pakistani that I've seen before include "from 16 [ISLAMABAD], perhaps" , "E.g. someone from Islamabad" , "Nationality of citizen of Islamabad" , "Asian" , "Oriental" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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