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College is set up among volunteers in country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tunisia

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

'college is set up among volunteers' is the wordplay.
'college' becomes 'uni' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'set up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'among' is an insertion indicator.
'volunteers' becomes 'ta' (abbreviation for Territorial Army).
'is' written backwards gives 'si'.
'uni'+'si'='unisi'
'unisi' put into 'ta' is 'TUNISIA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tunisia that I've seen before include "Republic in northwestern Africa" , "Country in North Africa" , "Somewhere in North Africa" , "country-style" , "Land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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