The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ASIAN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ASIAN
- A Welsh girl or Chinese?
- Floridly written in the style of Fleming, amongst others
- A small article about one from China, say
- Chinese perhaps like Scotsman?
- Artistically florid like Rankin, eg
- Oriental perhaps like a Scotsman?
- Like getting home to eat a Chinese?
- A Welsh girl from the east
- Like the majority of people, wrong about answer after answer
- a Like Fleming, Kissy Suzuki or Wai Lin?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Like the majority of people" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like the majority of people = asian.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.