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Bad weather visiting these islands and European country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ukraine

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

'bad weather visiting these islands and european' is the wordplay.
'bad weather' becomes 'rain' (I've seen this before).
'visiting' indicates putting letters inside.
'these islands' becomes 'uk' (United Kingdom).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'uk'+'e'='uke'
'rain' placed within 'uke' is 'UKRAINE'.

(Other definitions for ukraine that I've seen before include "European republic" , "Ex-USSR country" , "Southeast European country, formerly a European soviet" , "One country" , "Former USSR republic, capital Kiev" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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