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Army set up in new regime? Leave the country (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emigrate

'leave the country' is the definition.

'army set up in new regime?' is the wordplay.
'army' becomes 'ta' (abbreviation for Territorial Army).
'set up' is a reversal indicator.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'ta' back-to-front is 'at'.
'regime' anagrammed gives 'emigre'.
'at' going into 'emigre' is 'EMIGRATE'.

(Other definitions for emigrate that I've seen before include "Tiger Mae has gone abroad to live, oddly" , "Leave homeland" , "Move overseas" , "Leave one's country to live elsewhere" , "Move abroad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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