The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MALTESE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result MALTESE
- Met seal migrating from Mediterranean island?
- Islander met sea raging round end of atoll
- Language after drink dire, discourteous, vile in the end?
- False tale’s involving me? This falcon makes a film
- The people who got cross during WW2
- Man taking in some tennis, returning kind of cross
- Man admitting set-up is kind of cross
- Men keeping time bearing cross
- Islander's brewing ingredient has a point
- People in the Mediterranean see red after some whiskey
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The straight part
We know that "The people who got cross during WW2" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the people who got cross during ww2 = maltese.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.