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Starter of mayonnaise and stale eggs in European country (7)

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I believe the answer is:

moldova

'european country' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'starter of mayonnaise and stale eggs' is the wordplay.
'starter of' says to take the initial letters.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'stale' becomes 'old' (similar in meaning).
'eggs' becomes 'ova' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'mayonnaise' is 'm'.
'm'+'old'+'ova'='MOLDOVA'

'in' acts as a link.

(Another definition for moldova that I've seen is " European country".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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