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Parents touring outskirts of Nicaragua, Central American country (6)

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I believe the answer is:

panama

'central american country' is the definition.
(country in Central America)

'parents touring outskirts of nicaragua' is the wordplay.
'parents' becomes 'pama' (Pa and Ma).
'touring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (touring can mean going round).
'outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only letters on the outskirts).
'nicaragua' with its centre removed is 'na'.
'pama' going around 'na' is 'PANAMA'.

(Other definitions for panama that I've seen before include "Great canal connecting Atlantic and Pacific" , "isthmus" , "Central American state" , "Man's hat" , "Hat made of plaited palm leaves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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