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Stone chucked by a canoeist hit islands in the Pacific (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oceania

'islands in the pacific' is the definition.
(continent in the Pacific)

'stone chucked by a canoeist hit' is the wordplay.
'stone' becomes 'st'.
'chucked by' is a deletion indicator (deleted letters are chucked away).
'hit' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'canoeist'='acanoeist'
'acanoeist' with 'st' removed is 'acanoei'.
'acanoei' anagrammed gives 'OCEANIA'.

(Other definitions for oceania that I've seen before include "Pacific islands region" , "Large South Pacific region" , "Pacific Ocean area" , "Pacific island region" , "Orwell depicted at war" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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