Peru’s First Couple chat with American stars (7)

I believe the answer is:

pegasus

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'stars' is the definition.
(constellation)

'peru's first couple chat with american' is the wordplay.
'first couple' can mean two replacements for 'first'.
'peru' becomes 'pe'.
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'chat' becomes 'gas' (informal term meaning to chat).
'with american' becomes 'us' (United States. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'pe'+'gas'+'us'='PEGASUS'

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(Other definitions for pegasus that I've seen before include "mount in the clouds" , "Mythical flying horse" , "madeup creature" , "Mythological horse" , "group of stars" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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