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Country accepted organised crime ace (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

america

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

'accepted organised crime ace' is the wordplay.
'accepted' becomes 'a' (financial abbreviation).
'organised' is an anagram indicator.
'ace' becomes 'a'.
'crime' with letters rearranged gives 'meric'.
'a'+'meric'+'a'='AMERICA'

(Other definitions for america that I've seen before include "Continent named after Vespucci" , "Take care and aim for the continent" , "Camera I turn on the continent" , "country targeted by 3 [ROMNEY]" , "Camera I take to the continent, oddly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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