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Injury to limb right in the country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprain

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'injury' is the definition.
(I know that sprain is a type of pull)

'right in the country' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'country' becomes 'Spain' (Spain is an example).
'r' placed within 'spain' is 'SPRAIN'.

'to limb' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for sprain that I've seen before include "Injury to the ankle, say" , "Twist ligament(s)" , "Wrench, the ankle say" , "Minor muscular injury" , "Wrenching (of a muscle)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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