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Acquired guy from the country, not entirely romantic (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gothic

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'not entirely romantic' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'acquired guy from the country' is the wordplay.
'acquired' becomes 'got' ('get' can be a synonym of 'acquire').
'guy from the country' becomes 'hic' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'got'+'hic'='GOTHIC'

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(Other definitions for gothic that I've seen before include "Style of mediaeval architecture" , "Architectural style in Europe 12th-16th centuries" , "Architectural or literary style" , "Lurid - style of European architecture" , "See 6 ac" .)

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