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Country carrying paper bouquet (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fragrance

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'bouquet' is the definition.
('fragrance' can be a synonym of 'bouquet')

'country carrying paper' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'paper' could be 'rag' (rag is a kind of paper) and 'rag' is found within the answer.
'country' could be 'france' (France is an example) and 'france' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for fragrance that I've seen before include "Cologne, perhaps" , "Pleasant smell" , "Pleasant scent" , "Perfume" , "that may be bottled up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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