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Plane crashed in mountainous country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nepal

'mountainous country' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'plane crashed' is the wordplay.
'crashed' indicates an anagram.
'plane' with letters rearranged gives 'NEPAL'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nepal that I've seen before include "Mountainous country" , "mountainous area" , "Himalayan kingdom" , "Gurkhas' homeland" , "neighbour of Tibet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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