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Be captivated by songbird in this region (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tibet

'this region' is the definition.
(Tibet is a region in Asia)

'be captivated by songbird' is the wordplay.
'captivated by' indicates putting letters inside.
'songbird' becomes 'tit' (tit is a type of songbird).
'be' put into 'tit' is 'TIBET'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tibet that I've seen before include "region out East" , "Mountainous Asian region" , "High place" , "Asian location" , "Himalayan region controlled by China" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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