At that time drew low output in America (3,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
the new world
'at that time drew low' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.
'output in america' is the wordplay.
'output in' becomes 'the' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'america' becomes 'newworld' (I've seen this before).
'the'+'newworld'='THE NEW WORLD'
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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