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Bridge crossing a line in the country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spain

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'the country' is the definition.
(Spain is an example)

'bridge crossing a line' is the wordplay.
'bridge' becomes 'span' (synonyms).
'crossing' becomes 'i' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a line' is an insertion indicator.
'span' placed around 'i' is 'SPAIN'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for spain that I've seen before include "It pains one to be out in this country" , "country of mostly dry mountains, going by air" , "ditto" , "Kingdom" , "holiday destination?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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