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Rejected Britain: serve one foreigner (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kuwaiti

'foreigner' is the definition.

'rejected britain serve one' is the wordplay.
'rejected' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'britain' becomes 'uk' ('UK' can be a synonym of 'britain').
'serve' becomes 'wait'.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'uk' reversed gives 'ku'.
'ku'+'wait'+'i'='KUWAITI'

(Other definitions for kuwaiti that I've seen before include "From an Eastern Arabian country" , "Gulf state citizen" , "Arab" , "Native of a Gulf state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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