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Country flag raised over a little streamer (7)

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I believe the answer is:

eritrea

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'country' is the definition.
(I know that Eritrea is African country)

'flag raised over a little streamer' is the wordplay.
'flag' becomes 'tire' (both can mean to become weary).
'raised' says the letters should be written backwards (going up in a down clue).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'a little streamer' becomes 'rea' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tire' reversed gives 'erit'.
'erit'+'rea'='ERITREA'

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(Other definitions for eritrea that I've seen before include "Eire art (anag)" , "Country bordering the Red Sea" , "nation" , "NE African state" , "North-east African state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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