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Two letters from Russia with love have Burmese title of respect and kiss for Indian (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sioux

'indian' is the definition.
(Sioux is an example)

'two letters from russia with love have burmese title of respect and kiss' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'love' could be 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero') and 'o' is found within the answer.
'kiss' could be 'x' and 'x' is found in the answer.
'burmese title' could be 'u' (as in U Thant, former UN Secretary General) and 'u' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'si' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sioux that I've seen before include "North American people" , "Native American people" , "Sitting Bull's people" , "Native Americans of the northern US" , "Native Indian group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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