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Country where Alchemi's come into money! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yemen

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

'alchemi's come into money' is the wordplay.
'alchemi's come' becomes 'me' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'money' becomes 'yen' (Japanese currency).
'me' placed within 'yen' is 'YEMEN'.

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for yemen that I've seen before include "Arabian country, capital Sanaa" , "Arab state" , "Saudi neighbour" , "Republic on the Arabian Peninsula" , "Country bordering Oman" .)

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