Actor, injured in Austria, heads for Adriatic republic (7)

I believe the answer is:

croatia

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'adriatic republic' is the definition.
'croatia' can be an answer for 'republic' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'adriatic' bit.

'actor injured in austria heads' is the wordplay.
'injured' indicates an anagram.
'heads' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'in austria' is 'ia'.
'actor' is an anagram of 'croat'.
'croat'+'ia'='CROATIA'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for croatia that I've seen before include "Split country?" , "Adriatic nation" , "European state" , "Balkan republic, capital Zagreb" , "East European country" .)

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

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