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Stylish to help lift country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

india

'country' is the definition.
(I know that India is a country)

'stylish to help lift' is the wordplay.
'stylish' becomes 'in'.
'to help' becomes 'aid' ('aid' can be a synonym of 'help').
'lift' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'lifted' mean this (going up in down clue)).
'aid' back-to-front is 'dia'.
'in'+'dia'='INDIA'

(Other definitions for india that I've seen before include "Second-most populous country" , "Country in South Asia" , "vast country" , "Bollywood's country" , "Cricket team" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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