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Country fan’s simplistic rubbish drawing one in (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patriot

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'country' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'fan's simplistic rubbish drawing one in' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
'rubbish' could be 'rot' (I've seen this before) and 'rot' is present in the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'pat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for patriot that I've seen before include "Devotee of their country" , "Defender of country" , "One who loves his or her country" , "Country lover" , "One loving their country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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