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Start of summer and we will get retreat in country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweden

'country' is the definition.
(I know that Sweden is a country)

'start of summer and we will get retreat' is the wordplay.
'start of' suggests taking the first letters.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'will get' says to put letters next to each other.
'retreat' becomes 'den' (both can mean a lair or hideout).
The initial letter of 'summer' is 's'.
's'+'we'+'den'='SWEDEN'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sweden that I've seen before include "Nobel's country" , "Its capital's Stockholm" , "Country with blue and yellow flag" , "Stockholm is the capital" , "North European country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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