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Fellow actor joins one accountant in this country (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

costa rica

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'this country' is the definition.
(Costa Rica is an example)

'fellow actor joins one accountant' is the wordplay.
'fellow actor' becomes 'costar' (co-star is a kind of actor. I am not sure about the 'fellow' bit.).
'joins' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'accountant' becomes 'ca' (abbreviation for chartered accountant).
'costar'+'i'+'ca'='COSTA RICA'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for costa rica that I've seen before include "place in Central America" , "international team?" , "Central American country, capital San Jose" , "A Socratic kind of country in S America" , "source of coffee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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