The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IRAQI
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result IRAQI
- Taxmen once with a measure of intelligence upset Arab?
- Arab lipread quip, missing odd bits
- Arab artillery invading islands without question
- Irish oddly acquit Arab
- Asian leaders of institution really are quite indecisive
- Current TV quiz includes artist, one from Middle East
- An Arab: his quatrain regularly recalled
- Arab or Irish-American taking first question?
- Irish great entertains queen from Middle Eastern country
- National movement to raise level of brightness
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