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Baltic Sea? No, it turns north (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estonian

'baltic' is the definition.
(Estonia is a Baltic country)

'sea? no it turns north' is the wordplay.
'turns' indicates anagramming the letters.
'north' becomes 'N' (synonyms).
'sea'+'no'+'it'='seanoit'
'seanoit' anagrammed gives 'estonia'.
'estonia'+'n'='ESTONIAN'

(Other definitions for estonian that I've seen before include "Baltic state national" , "European language" , "Eastern Europe" , "One from a Baltic state" , "Person from Tallinn, say." .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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