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Suggested being fooled from Germany to Albania? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alluded

'suggested being fooled' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'germany to albania?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'germany' could be 'de' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'de' is found within the answer.
'albania?' could be 'al' and 'al' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lud' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alluded that I've seen before include "Pereferred briefly or indirectly to in speaking" , "Adverted" , "Mentioned in passing" , "Made indirect reference to" , "Hinted (at)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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