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Country poor actor bleats about (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bahamas

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

'poor actor bleats about' is the wordplay.
'poor actor' becomes 'ham' (I've seen this before).
'bleats' becomes 'baas' ('baa' can be a synonym of 'bleat').
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'ham' put into 'baas' is 'BAHAMAS'.

(Other definitions for bahamas that I've seen before include "holiday destination" , "West Indian country, capital Nassau" , "WI island group" , "Islands near Florida" , "Atlantic islands" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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