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Help old boy with computer that's backfired in the country (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cambodia

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

'help old boy with computer that's backfired' is the wordplay.
'help' becomes 'aid' (synonyms).
'old boy' becomes 'ob' (abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'computer' becomes 'mac' (I've seen this in other clues).
'that's backfired' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'aid'+'ob'+'mac'='aidobmac'
'aidobmac' written backwards gives 'CAMBODIA'.

'in the' is the link.

(Other definitions for cambodia that I've seen before include "somewhere in Asia" , "A nation in southeastern Asia" , "SE Asian nation" , "Kampuchea before 1975" , "This was formerly Kampuchea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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