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British woman abandoning son in Indonesian island (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bali

'indonesian island' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'british woman' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'woman' becomes 'ali' (**).
'b'+'ali'='BALI'

'abandoning son in' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

(Other definitions for bali that I've seen before include "Middle East country" , "Holiday island to the east of Java" , "mountainous island" , "Indonesian holiday destination" , "Indonesian island, east of Java" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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