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A comedian rocked part of Europe (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macedonia

'part of europe' is the definition.
('Macedonia' is part of 'europe')

'a comedian rocked' is the wordplay.
'rocked' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'comedian'='acomedian'
'acomedian' is an anagram of 'MACEDONIA'.

(Other definitions for macedonia that I've seen before include "republic" , "Landlocked Balkan country" , "Alexander the Great's homeland" , "Southeast European country" , "European country, capital Skopje" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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