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Noted barrier in the Netherlands (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edam

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'the netherlands' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'noted barrier' is the wordplay.
'noted' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'barrier' becomes 'dam' (dam is a kind of barrier).
'e'+'dam'='EDAM'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for edam that I've seen before include "Sphere of Dutch cheese" , "edible sphere" , "Dutch specialty" , "Spherical cheese" , "Madeinto popular cheese" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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