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Like one on a large piece of land (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asia

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'land' is the definition.
(I know that Asia is a continent)

'like one on a' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'as'+'i'+'a'='ASIA'

'large piece of' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for asia that I've seen before include "Thailand and its location" , "its pampered jades couldn't draw much?" , "group of countries" , "Continent in which India is situated" , "Stretch of land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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