The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TIBETAN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TIBETAN
- Asian and Greek character cutting through metal
- Asian giant eating beef regularly
- Live in giant Dalai Lama?
- A tongue can, if pierced by Greek character
- Asian having to live in the confines of giant
- from Asia
- Badly bitten, a native of Lhasa, say?
- Live in grip of strongman from part of Asia
- Case of bribe pocketed by giant mountain man
- Letter from Greece put in container for Asian
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