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Farm managed by Switzerland (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranch

'farm' is the definition.
(ranch is a kind of farm)

'managed by switzerland' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'switzerland' becomes 'ch' (short for Confoederatio Helvetica, its Latin name).
'ran'+'ch'='RANCH'

(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "US livestock farm" , "tear for a poet" , "Cowboy's workplace" , "Farm on a large scale" , "stock holding?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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