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Notice Victoria? Nothing about country! Ends in promotion? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

advocacy

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'promotion?' is the definition.
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'notice victoria? nothing about country ends' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'notice' could be 'ad' (both can mean an advertisement) and 'ad' is found within the answer.
'nothing' could be 'o' (looks like zero - 0) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'about' could be 'ca' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'ca' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for advocacy that I've seen before include "The act of pleading or arguing for something" , "Pleading in support (of someone)" , "Active support of a cause" , "Public support (for something)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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