The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FOREIGN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FOREIGN
- Strange female, old, having time in office
- Extraneous rule written by extremists in fiasco
- Strange omen, warning to go over first
- Overseas France beginning to overthrow government
- Strange men affect nurses
- Peculiar France first off overthrew monarchy
- Assume importing gold will be strange
- Strange France initially overturned monarchy
- Outlandish opinion originally held by lunatic fringe
- Old female set up to rule in another country
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The straight part
We know that "Strange" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case strange = foreign.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FOREIGN mean?
FOREIGN noun- A foreign person, particularly:
- A foreign ship.
- Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
- A foreign area, particularly:
- Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
- Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
- Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
- Relating to a different nation.
- Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
- (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
- Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
- From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
- Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
- Outside, outdoors, outdoor.