The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word RHODESIAN
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More clues leading to the result RHODESIAN
- Old African horse and I, struggling
- Former inhabitant of Africa – island fellow
- Danish ore, possibly coming from former colony
- Sheridan plays about old African once
- Old African in a shed or building
- Old African or Danish translated around English
- De Niro has played an old countryman
- He ordains eccentric old African
- Two blokes following Greek character and historic African
- Former African island given Indian article
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