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Starting sunny morning with egg and vitamin in the country (5)

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I believe the answer is:

samoa

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

'starting sunny morning with egg and vitamin' is the wordplay.
'starting sunny morning' becomes 'sam' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'egg' becomes 'o' (an 'o' resembles an egg).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'vitamin' becomes 'A' (A is an example).
'sam'+'o'+'a'='SAMOA'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for samoa that I've seen before include "Group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific" , "Pacific island nation, capital Apia" , "South Pacific island country, gaining its independence from New Zealand in 1962" , "Polynesian isle" , "Group of islands in the South Pacific" .)

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