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Fly solo over diminishing country steeped in history (2,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

go it alone

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'fly solo' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'over diminishing country steeped in history' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'over' could be 'on' (physically on top of) and 'on' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for go it alone that I've seen before include "Take something on, eschewing any help" , "act unaided" , "Proceed without the help of others" , "Act on one's own" , "Act independently" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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