Country close to turmoil, free those only (7)

I believe the answer is:

lesotho

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

'close to turmoil free those only' is the wordplay.
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
'free' indicates anagramming the letters.
'only' becomes 'o' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
The last letter of 'turmoil' is 'l'.
'those' is an anagram of 'esoth'.
'l'+'esoth'+'o'='LESOTHO'

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(Other definitions for lesotho that I've seen before include "African country, formerly Basutoland" , "Kingdom that was formerly Basutoland" , "Country, an enclave of South Africa, capital Maseru" , "African territory" , "Trickery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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