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Question a rising traitor in an Arabian land (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

qatar

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'an arabian land' is the definition.
'Qatar' can be an answer for 'land' (Qatar is an example). I am unsure of the 'an arabian' bit.

'question a rising traitor' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'q'.
'rising' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'traitor' becomes 'rat' (I've seen this before).
'rat' written backwards gives 'tar'.
'q'+'a'+'tar'='QATAR'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for qatar that I've seen before include "Sporting venue" , "Gulf emirate" , "Doha's state" , "Tiny gulf state" , "who won the cup in 2010?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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