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Eastern nation upset rival to boy at Harrow? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

etonian

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'eastern nation upset rival' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'boy at harrow?' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'ian' (man's name).
'at' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'harrow?' becomes 'eton' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ian' put after 'eton' is 'ETONIAN'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for etonian that I've seen before include "Alumnus of famous English school" , "Public schoolboy" , "Public school kid" , "One educated at famous public school" , "Public school pupil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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