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Nattering about Cairo, excitedly, as a place they have not yet explored (5,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

terra incognita

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'a place they have not yet explored' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'nattering about cairo excitedly' is the wordplay.
'about' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'excitedly' is an anagram indicator (letters excited or stimulated into a new form).
'nattering' after 'cairo' is 'caironattering'.
'caironattering' anagrammed gives 'TERRA INCOGNITA'.

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(Other definitions for terra incognita that I've seen before include "abode of monsters once - with 17d" , "unsurveyed land" , "Unknown territory" , "country that's never been surveyed" , "riots in strange land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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