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Setter wanders up to see native people (5)

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I believe the answer is:

maori

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'native people' is the definition.
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'setter wanders up' is the wordplay.
'setter' becomes 'I' (the person who set this crossword).
'wanders' becomes 'roam' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'i'+'roam'='iroam'
'iroam' reversed gives 'MAORI'.

'to see' is the link.

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(Other definitions for maori that I've seen before include "A native from the south" , "Native New Zealander of Polynesian origin" , "Aborigine of New Zealand" , "One of New Zealand's aboriginal people" , "NZ people" .)

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