The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word IRAQIS
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result IRAQIS
- A Quebec flag encapsulates a country’s people
- Middle Easterners of enormous IQ, aristocratic, turning up
- Intelligence one’s giving Arabs
- Asians in a queue, say, captivated by bit of a looker
- Regularly ignoring Piers, acquits Middle Eastern nationals
- Starts to interview rogue about quick investment scheme for foreigners
- Asians initially in raptures, when receiving TV panel show
- Middle Easterners air IQs stupidly
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The straight part
We know that "foreigners" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case foreigners = iraqis.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.