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Pottery from communist regime (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

china

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

'from communist regime' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'cha' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for china that I've seen before include "Country; friend (slang)" , "Tableware; country" , "Dresden, perhaps" , "Delicate porcelain from Cathay?" , "chum" .)

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