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Small nuisance in country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spain

'country' is the definition.
(Spain is an example)

'small nuisance' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'nuisance' becomes 'pain' ('pain' can be a synonym of 'nuisance').
's'+'pain'='SPAIN'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for spain that I've seen before include "European country" , "country of mostly dry mountains, going by air" , "EU country" , "holiday destination?" , "Catholic country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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