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Error made by electronic assistant in Egypt (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinai

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'in egypt' is the definition.
('Sinai' is part of 'egypt')

'error made by electronic assistant' is the wordplay.
'error' becomes 'sin' (a sin is a moral error).
'made by electronic assistant' becomes 'ai' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sin'+'ai'='SINAI'

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(Other definitions for sinai that I've seen before include "desert area" , "Mountain in Egypt" , "Ten Commandments mountain" , "Law handed down here" , "One showing genetic change" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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