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Am having a nap going up country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panama

'country' is the definition.
(I know that Panama is a country)

'am having a nap going up' is the wordplay.
'having' says to put letters next to each other.
'going up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, the letters are written upwards).
'am'+'a'+'nap'='amanap'
'amanap' back-to-front is 'PANAMA'.

(Other definitions for panama that I've seen before include "Hat woven from jipijapa leaves" , "country divided by boaters?" , "Hat made of plaited palm leaves" , "Country and straw hat" , "Canal state; hat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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