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Did he organise hordes in Africa? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhodes

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'africa?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'did he organise hordes' is the wordplay.
'hordes' can be anagrammed to 'RHODES'.
But, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rhodes that I've seen before include "Colonial businessman" , "Aegean island" , "Cycled round hot Society Island" , "Hordes visit the Greek island" , "British imperialist; Greek island" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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