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Echo from behind - in this direction? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eastern

'this direction?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'echo from behind' is the wordplay.
'echo' becomes 'e' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'behind' becomes 'astern' (at the back or behind of a ship).
'e'+'astern'='EASTERN'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eastern that I've seen before include "towards the sun" , "in Beijing, possibly" , "Coming from the Orient" , "Could be Chinese" , "Asian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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