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Country road almost accessing school (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

poland

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

'road almost accessing school' is the wordplay.
'road' becomes 'lane' (I have seen 'Small road' mean 'lane' so perhaps 'road' could also mean 'lane').
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'accessing' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters gain access).
'school' becomes 'pod' (I've seen this before).
'lane' with its final letter taken away is 'lan'.
'lan' inserted within 'pod' is 'POLAND'.

(Other definitions for poland that I've seen before include "East European country" , "Slovakia's northern neighbour" , "Wroclaw's country" , "Country joining the European Union in 2004" , "Its capital is Warsaw" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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