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European sea, or part of America confused with Spain (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caspian

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'european sea' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'part of america confused with spain' is the wordplay.
'part of' becomes 'c' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'confused with' is an anagram indicator.
'a' with its letters anagrammed with 'spain' can make 'aspian'.
'c'+'aspian'='CASPIAN'

'or' is the link.

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(Other definitions for caspian that I've seen before include "Prince --, Narnia book" , "-- Sea, inland lake" , "World's largest inland sea" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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