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Studied South American country's education (7)

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I believe the answer is:

perused

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

'south american country's education' is the wordplay.
'south american country's' becomes 'perus' (Peru is an example).
'education' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation - e.g. sex ed).
'perus'+'ed'='PERUSED'

(Other definitions for perused that I've seen before include "Browsed" , "Scanned" , "Studied" , "Read (something) very carefully" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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