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Down here, with empty larder another dinner's off (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

northern ireland

'down here' is the definition.
(County Down is in Northern Ireland)

'empty larder another dinner's off' is the wordplay.
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'larder' with its centre removed is 'lr'.
'lr'+'another'+'dinner'='lranotherdinner'
'lranotherdinner' is an anagram of 'NORTHERN IRELAND'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Another definition for northern ireland that I've seen is " Part of the UK".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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