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Eager to capture a country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hungary

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'country' is the definition.
(I know that Hungary is a country)

'eager to capture a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'hungry' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for hungary that I've seen before include "East European country" , "It's capital is Budapest" , "Country where Magyar is spoken" , "Liszt's land" , "One member of NATO" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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