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Horse following flag of country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irish

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

'horse following flag' is the wordplay.
'horse' becomes 'h' ('H' can be a synonym of 'horse').
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'flag' becomes 'iris' ('iris' can be a synonym of 'flag').
'h' put after 'iris' is 'IRISH'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for irish that I've seen before include "of Hibernia" , "From Dublin maybe" , "Kind of whiskey" , "One setter" , "Gaelic language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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