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Country home on telephone, endlessly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

india

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

'home on telephone endlessly' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'telephone' becomes 'dial' (dial telephone is a kind of telephone).
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'dial' with its final letter removed is 'dia'.
'in'+'dia'='INDIA'

(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Populous nation" , "Comms code for I" , "Major sub-continent of Asia" , "Asian sub-continent" , "One preceding Juliet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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