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A country girl (in Reading?) (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perusal

'reading?' is the definition.
(I know that perusal is a type of reading)

'a country girl' is the wordplay.
'a country' becomes 'peru' (Peru is an example).
'girl' becomes 'Sal' (feminine given name).
'peru'+'sal'='PERUSAL'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for perusal that I've seen before include "Reading, examination" , "worth a close look" , "Thorough read-through" , "Thorough reading" , "Inspection" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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