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Anarchic Senorita disregarding king and country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estonia

'country' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'anarchic senorita disregarding king' is the wordplay.
'anarchic' indicates anagramming the letters.
'disregarding' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'king' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex).
'senorita' with 'r' removed is 'senoita'.
'senoita' with letters rearranged gives 'ESTONIA'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for estonia that I've seen before include "So eat in here in Eastern Europe" , "'So eat in here in Tallinn, say (7)'" , "Country on the Baltic Sea" , "Republic in the Baltic region, once part of USSR" , "One of the Baltic States" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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