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Knockout endless leaders of volatile organisation in a state (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kosovo

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'a state' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'knockout endless leaders of volatile organisation' is the wordplay.
'knockout' becomes 'ko' ('KO' can be a synonym of 'knockout').
'endless' becomes 'so' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'leaders of' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'volatile organisation' is 'vo'.
'ko'+'so'+'vo'='KOSOVO'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for kosovo that I've seen before include "Serbian province, formerly" , "Former province of Serbia that declared independence in 2008, capital Pristina" , "UN-administered area of former Yugoslavia" , "Land recently emerging" , "Balkan state declared independent in 2008" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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