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Alternative room given to cold commanding officer from African country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morocco

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

'alternative room given to cold commanding officer' is the wordplay.
'alternative' indicates anagramming the letters.
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'commanding officer' becomes 'co'.
'room' with letters rearranged gives 'moro'.
'moro'+'c'+'co'='MOROCCO'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for morocco that I've seen before include "Rabat its capital" , "North African country - leather" , "Book's covering, perhaps" , "Arab state" , "state of Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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