The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word INCOMER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result INCOMER
- Alien hot on crime
- Earnings right for new resident
- Immigrant needing wages before end of year
- Immigrant proceeds right
- No native icon relaxing overlooking French waters
- Pay Republican immigrant
- Add royalty to revenue for new resident
- Person arriving from elsewhere wants pay before end of year
- Settler‘s living with her at last
- Someone new on the scene earned money, right?
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The straight part
We know that "Immigrant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case immigrant = incomer.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.
What does INCOMER mean?
INCOMER noun- One who comes in.
- An outsider who moves to a community or a place; (used by those who consider themselves to be its original inhabitants).