Crossword Genius

Eager to get area in country evacuated (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hungry

'eager' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'get area in country evacuated' is the wordplay.
'get area' becomes 'ng' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'country' becomes 'hungary' (Hungary is an example).
'evacuated' suggests removing the centre.
'hungary' with its centre removed is 'hury'.
'ng' put inside 'hury' is 'HUNGRY'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for hungry that I've seen before include "Desirous" , "not satisfied" , "In want of food" , "Infertile" , "Keen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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