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Raygun dancing behind husband in European country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hungary

'european country' is the definition.
(country in Europe)

'raygun dancing behind husband' is the wordplay.
'dancing' indicates an anagram.
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'raygun' with letters rearranged gives 'ungary'.
'ungary' after 'h' is 'HUNGARY'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hungary that I've seen before include "It's capital is Budapest" , "vizsla from here?" , "Country where Magyar is spoken" , "East European country" , "One member of NATO" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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