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Country a learner enters? Another one (9)

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I believe the answer is:

australia

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'another one' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'country a learner enters?' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'austria' (Austria is an example).
'learner' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'enters?' is an insertion indicator.
'a'+'l'='al'
'austria' going around 'al' is 'AUSTRALIA'.

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(Other definitions for australia that I've seen before include "Smallest continent" , "Antipodean continent" , "Antipodean country" , "Barry Humphries' birthplace" , "A US lariat can be found in this country, strangely" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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