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Act of sovereign country occupied by junta intermittently (7)

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I believe the answer is:

statute

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'act of sovereign' is the definition.
'statute' can be an answer for 'act' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'of sovereign' bit.

'country occupied by junta intermittently' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'state' (synonyms).
'occupied by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'intermittently' means one should take alternating letters.
The alternating letters of 'junta' are 'ut'.
'state' going around 'ut' is 'STATUTE'.

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(Other definitions for statute that I've seen before include "Law, rule" , "Legislative act" , "Act of Parliament" , "Law recorded in book" , "Act of law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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