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I would learn otherwise when in the country (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ireland

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'the country' is the definition.
(Ireland is a country)

'i would learn otherwise' is the wordplay.
'would' becomes 'd' (I've seen this in other clues).
'otherwise' is an anagram indicator.
'd'+'learn'='dlearn'
'dlearn' anagrammed gives 'reland'.
'i'+'reland'='IRELAND'

'when in' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for ireland that I've seen before include "European country" , "State" , "Country west of Wales" , "Scorer" , "An idler (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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