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Leave American Indian territory (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goa

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

'leave american' is the wordplay.
'leave' becomes 'go'.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'go'+'a'='GOA'

(Other definitions for goa that I've seen before include "State on west coast of India" , "Indian state, formerly Portuguese" , "gazelle?" , "State of India, a former Portuguese colony" , "Indian port" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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