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Country fellow is consuming game served up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surinam

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

'fellow is consuming game served up' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before**).
'consuming' indicates putting letters inside.
'game' becomes 'ru' (rugby union).
'served up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'man'+'is'='manis'
'manis' enclosing 'ru' is 'manirus'.
'manirus' in reverse letter order is 'SURINAM'.

(Other definitions for surinam that I've seen before include "South American republic, capital Paramaribo" , "South American country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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