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Signs to hoist in the country (8)

Ross

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notation

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'hoist in the country' is the wordplay.
'hoist' becomes 'ot' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'country' becomes 'nation' (synonyms).
'ot' inserted within 'nation' is 'NOTATION'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for notation that I've seen before include "A comment added to a text" , "Symbolic writing system" , "An added comment or instruction" , "System of written symbols representing something" , "Written comment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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