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Advice to visit a S American plain or plateau (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

altiplano

'plateau' is the definition.
(the altiplano is a Central American plateau)

'advice to visit a s american plain' is the wordplay.
'advice' becomes 'tip' (a tip is a piece of advice).
'to visit' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
's american plain' becomes 'llano' (a llano is a South American plain).
'a'+'llano'='allano'
'tip' placed into 'allano' is 'ALTIPLANO'.

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for altiplano that I've seen before include "High" , "South American plateau" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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