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Going round a starving country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hungary

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'country' is the definition.
(Hungary is an example)

'going round a starving' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hungry' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hungary that I've seen before include "One member of NATO" , "East European country" , "vizsla from here?" , "country in Europe" , "Country where Magyar is spoken" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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