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Scandinavian wearing no pants (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

norwegian

'scandinavian' is the definition.
(Norwegian is an example)

'wearing no pants' is the wordplay.
'pants' indicates anagramming the letters (UK informal term for 'nonsense' or 'rubbish').
'wearing'+'no'='wearingno'
'wearingno' is an anagram of 'NORWEGIAN'.

(Other definitions for norwegian that I've seen before include "Native of Bergen, say" , "like Grieg" , "like King Harald I" , "European" , "Foreigner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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