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Lands taken from Eastern country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estate

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

'eastern country' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'country' becomes 'state' (synonyms).
'e'+'state'='ESTATE'

'taken from' is the link.

(Other definitions for estate that I've seen before include "All of one's assets -- 5-door car" , "Housing area" , "Property and possessions of the deceased" , "(see 1)" , "all the deceased owned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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