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Country home on a Scottish mountain (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

benin

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

'home on a scottish mountain' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a scottish mountain' becomes 'ben' (Scottish term for a peak, eg Ben Nevis).
'in' after 'ben' is 'BENIN'.

(Other definitions for benin that I've seen before include "Republic in West Africa" , "Old West African kingdom from which 'bronze' sculptures were looted by the British in 1897" , "West African country, formerly French colony of Dahomey" , "East African state" , "West African republic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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