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Canadian visa mostly arranged from this part of the world (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scandinavia

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'this part of the world' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'canadian visa mostly arranged' is the wordplay.
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'arranged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'canadian'+'visa'='canadianvisa'
'canadianvisa' with its final letter taken off is 'canadianvis'.
'canadianvis' with letters rearranged gives 'SCANDINAVIA'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scandinavia that I've seen before include "European peninsula" , "North European area" , "Norse countries" , "northern lands" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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