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Acts from outer space in place of those from Italy and Albania, for instance (6)

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europe

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'place of those from italy and albania for instance' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'acts from outer space' is the wordplay.
'acts from' becomes 'euro' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'outer' suggests removing the centre.
'space' becomes 'pore' (pore is a kind of space).
'pore' with its middle removed is 'pe'.
'euro'+'pe'='EUROPE'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for europe that I've seen before include "Second smallest continent" , "Continent 6)" , "several countries" , "Britain, France etc" , "states" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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