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Not entirely a country boy (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alan

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

'not entirely a country' is the wordplay.
'not entirely' means to remove the last letter.
'country' becomes 'land' ('land' can be a synonym of 'country').
'a'+'land'='aland'
'aland' with its last letter taken away is 'ALAN'.

(Other definitions for alan that I've seen before include "A.A. Milne's first name" , "Sir -- Sugar (The Apprentice)" , "- Ayckbourn, English playwright" , "English historian/poet" , "- Bates, - Bennett" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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