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Country — an area with lots of grass? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greenland

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'country' is the definition.
(I know that Greenland is a autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark)

'an area with lots of grass?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'an' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
'area' could be 'green' (green is a kind of area) and 'green' is found in the answer.
'lots' could be 'd' and 'd' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for greenland that I've seen before include "5 island north of 13" , "Island with local name Kalaallit Nunaat" , "Englander in island owned by Denmark" , "country" , "icy mountain here?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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