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Bat on? Am I to beat Canadian province? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manitoba

'canadian province?' is the definition.
(Manitoba is an example)

'bat on? am i to beat' is the wordplay.
'to beat' is an anagram indicator.
'bat'+'on'+'am'+'i'='batonami'
'batonami' is an anagram of 'MANITOBA'.

(Other definitions for manitoba that I've seen before include "Is Oman a bit in Canada, strangely?" , "sparsely-populated province" , "Canadian lake" , "Province of central Canada" , "northern territory" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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