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Potential enemy country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yemen

'country' is the definition.
(I know that Yemen is a country)

'potential enemy' is the wordplay.
'potential' indicates an anagram (another potential order of the letters).
'enemy' anagrammed gives 'YEMEN'.

(Other definitions for yemen that I've seen before include "Arab state" , "Country to south of Saudi Arabia" , "Arabian country, capital San'a" , "Aden is found here" , "Arab country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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