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Get Croat gyrating for rural resident (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cottager

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'rural resident' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'get croat gyrating' is the wordplay.
'gyrating' indicates an anagram (letters dance or gyrate around).
'get'+'croat'='getcroat'
'getcroat' is an anagram of 'COTTAGER'.

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(Other definitions for cottager that I've seen before include "Inhabitant of small simple house in the country" , "Tenant perhaps" , "Country dweller" , "One living in a small house" , "country-dweller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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