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Asian country’s temperature, the writer hazards (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tibet

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'asian country's' is the definition.
(Tibet is an example)

'temperature the writer hazards' is the wordplay.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'the writer hazards' becomes 'ibet' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't'+'ibet'='TIBET'

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(Other definitions for tibet that I've seen before include "Nepal''s neighbour" , "woollen fabric" , "Dalai Lama's land" , "State" , "hilly region" .)

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