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European copper on wrong road to country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ecuador

'to country' is the definition.
(Ecuador is an example)

'european copper on wrong road' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'copper' becomes 'Cu' (chemical symbol).
'on' indicates putting letters inside.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'road' anagrammed gives 'ador'.
'cu' put within 'ador' is 'cuador'.
'e'+'cuador'='ECUADOR'

(Other definitions for ecuador that I've seen before include "Land" , "The Galapagos Islands are part of its territory" , "Where panama hats are made" , "Quito's country" , "SA country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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