The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ROMANY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result ROMANY
- Military men returned bags of traveller
- Traveller makes tracks round Arab state
- Caravan-owner? Lots going on right-hand side
- Traveller runs over lots of people
- Lots of people supporting reading or writing old language
- Extremely risky touring country for traveller
- Rovers’ hero tackling player of Wanderers
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The straight part
We know that "traveller" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case traveller = romany.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.