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African country miles north of a large island (4)

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I believe the answer is:

mali

'african country' is the definition.
(country in Africa)

'miles north of a large island' is the wordplay.
'miles' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'north of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go above others).
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'island' becomes 'i' (geographical abbreviation).
'm'+'a'+'l'+'i'='MALI'

(Other definitions for mali that I've seen before include "W. African country" , "A state" , "part of Africa" , "African state's" , "African country, former French colony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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