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Country song American tenor breaks into (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

austria

'country' is the definition.
(I know that Austria is a country)

'song american tenor breaks into' is the wordplay.
'song' becomes 'aria' (aria is a kind of song).
'american' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for United States).
'tenor' becomes 't'.
'breaks into' is an insertion indicator.
'us'+'t'='ust'
'aria' placed around 'ust' is 'AUSTRIA'.

(Other definitions for austria that I've seen before include "Landlocked European country" , "Central European republic" , "Find US tiara in this country" , "Central European country" , "Original setting for Mozart" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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