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State one’s at when touring round India (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estonia

'state' is the definition.
(Estonia is a country)

'one's at when touring round india' is the wordplay.
'when touring' is an anagram indicator (letters travel or tour to different positions).
'round' indicates putting letters inside.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'ones'+'at'='onesat'
'onesat' with letters rearranged gives 'estona'.
'estona' enclosing 'i' is 'ESTONIA'.

(Other definitions for estonia that I've seen before include "So eat in about here in Northern Europe" , "So eat in poorly on the Baltic Sea" , "'So eat in here in Tallinn, say (7)'" , "Republic in northeastern Europe" , "Country due S. of Finland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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