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Land in Eastern country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estate

'land' is the definition.
('estate' can be a synonym of 'land')

'eastern country' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'country' becomes 'state' ('state' can be a synonym of 'country').
'e'+'state'='ESTATE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for estate that I've seen before include "Amount of land - type of car" , "Tea-set (anag.)" , "Property - may go with rank" , "Nakedness" , "Rank - housing development - what's left in a will" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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