The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EARTHLING
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EARTHLING
- Strangely thin, large human
- Person’s attention given to obsession about Lima
- Person doing wiring interrupted by learner
- No one from space is real thing, unfortunately
- Listener with obsession about large sci-fi character
- Right lane to turn one of us to strangers
- Person left inside doing electrical work
- Land fish, one that’s out of this world?
- . One of us needing another large hint
- Strange alien, right? Not I!
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The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EARTHLING mean?
EARTHLING noun- A sentient being who's a member of a species native to Earth.
- A lesbian woman.