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Fly northward from West Estonia (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tsetse

'fly' is the definition.
(tsetse is a kind of fly)

'northward from west estonia' is the wordplay.
'northward' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue going up).
'from' indicates a hidden word.
'estest' is hidden in the letters of 'west estonia'.
'estest' backwards is 'TSETSE'.

(Other definitions for tsetse that I've seen before include "Disease-carrying fly" , "Bloodsucking African fly" , "carrier of disease" , "African transmitter" , "flies" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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