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Inuits troubled by a hot country (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tunisia

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'country' is the definition.
(I know that Tunisia is or was a African country)

'inuits troubled by a hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'inuits' is 'tunisi' which is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for tunisia that I've seen before include "African state" , "Country between Algeria/Libya" , "Suit Ian to be in North African country" , "African republic on the Mediterranean coast" , "Country where Carthage is found" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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