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Country type playing golf inside (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egypt

'country' is the definition.
(Egypt is a country)

'type playing golf inside' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'type' with letters rearranged gives 'eypt'.
'eypt' going around 'g' is 'EGYPT'.

(Other definitions for egypt that I've seen before include "Sudan, Israel neighbour" , "Country of Pharaohs" , "North African state" , "Luxor's country" , "Cairo's country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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