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Hurt your bottom in European country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprain

'hurt' is the definition.
(sprain is a kind of hurt)

'your bottom in european country' is the wordplay.
'bottom' indicates one should take the final letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'european country' becomes 'spain' (country in Europe).
The last letter of 'your' is 'r'.
'r' placed within 'spain' is 'SPRAIN'.

(Other definitions for sprain that I've seen before include "Wrench (a ligament) (P, not T)" , "Injury to the ankle, say" , "Wrench, the ankle say" , "Injure joint by wrenching it violently" , "Strain (eg, ankle)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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