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King with a yen to wander in country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kenya

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

'king with a yen to wander' is the wordplay.
'king' becomes 'k' (**).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to wander' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'yen'='ayen'
'ayen' is an anagram of 'enya'.
'k'+'enya'='KENYA'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for kenya that I've seen before include "Kikuyus' country" , "East African republic" , "E African country" , "Republic in East Africa" , "Its capital is Nairobi" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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