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Actor flying over India and a country in Europe (7)

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I believe the answer is:

croatia

'country in europe' is the definition.
(European nation)

'actor flying over india and a' is the wordplay.
'flying' is an anagram indicator (letters fly around into new positions).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'actor' with letters rearranged gives 'croat'.
'croat'+'i'+'a'='CROATIA'

(Other definitions for croatia that I've seen before include "Balkan country, capital Zagreb" , "From small country" , "Balkan state, became independent in 1991" , "East European country" , "Adriatic nation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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