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Part of Mexico coast ruined with a British incursion (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tabasco

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'part of mexico' is the definition.
(I know that Tabasco is part of Mexico)

'coast ruined with a british incursion' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates an anagram.
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'a british incursion' becomes 'ab' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'coast' is an anagram of 'tasco'.
'tasco' going around 'ab' is 'TABASCO'.

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(Other definitions for tabasco that I've seen before include "Hot pepper sauce" , "Hot peppery sauce" , "Hot sauce made from capsicums" , "Mexican state; pungent sauce" , "Mexico state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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