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Breezy to the South back in Mediterranean country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

syria

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

'breezy to the south back' is the wordplay.
'breezy' becomes 'airy' (I've seen this before).
'to the south' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'south').
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'airy'+'s'='airys'
'airys' backwards is 'SYRIA'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for syria that I've seen before include "Mediterranean republic" , "Country E. of Lebanon" , "Damascus is its capital city" , "Middle Eastern country" , "St Paul's conversion happened on the road to its capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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