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Child from India in farm building (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bairn

'child' is the definition.
(Scottish and northern English term for a child)

'india in farm building' is the wordplay.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'farm building' becomes 'barn' (barn is a kind of farm building).
'i' placed within 'barn' is 'BAIRN'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bairn that I've seen before include "A Scottish child?" , "Scot. child" , "little one in Yorkshire" , "Child (of the North!)" , "Kid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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