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Country writer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

france

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This might be a double definition.

'country' is the first definition.
(I know that France is a historical country)

'writer' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for france that I've seen before include "[NAPOLEON] 's place" , "Major European country" , "One of the six original members of the European Economic Community" , "Rouen's country" , "in E" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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