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Absurdist comedian I left at Victorian mountain (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macedon

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'absurdist comedian' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'i left at victorian mountain' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'i' could be 'a' and 'a' is present in the answer.
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is found in the answer.
'mountain' could be 'm' (geographical abbreviation) and 'm' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for macedon that I've seen before include "Philip's rule" , "Alexander the Great's country" , "Kingdom of Alexander the Great" , "Philip's place" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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