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Eastern region relations coming over by punt (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tibet

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'eastern region' is the definition.
'tibet' can be an answer for 'region' (Tibet is an example). I am not sure about the 'eastern' bit.

'relations coming over by punt' is the wordplay.
'relations coming' becomes 'it' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'over' says the letters should be written backwards.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'punt' becomes 'bet' (I've seen this in other clues).
'it' reversed gives 'ti'.
'ti'+'bet'='TIBET'

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(Other definitions for tibet that I've seen before include "High place" , "hilly region" , "High mountainous area" , "Nepal''s neighbour" , "Asian plateau region" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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