The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TAGALOG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TAGALOG
- Mark a record for language
- Follow uninvited, ignoring Northern Pacific islander
- Follow uninvited, dropping northern language ...
- Without note, go with the others to make speech to Filipinos
- Name a record in Filipino language!
- “Play gooseberry” perhaps has no name in foreign language
- Language used to label a piece of wood
- Island people place mark on a piece of wood
- Filipino dog clearly hasn’t done the easiest thing!
- Accompany someone uninvited pouring out Northern language
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The straight part
We know that "Pacific islander" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pacific islander = tagalog.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.