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Telling to carry contents into the country (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

narration

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

'carry contents into the country' is the wordplay.
'carry contents' becomes 'arr' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'the country' becomes 'nation' ('nation' can be a synonym of 'country').
'arr' inserted within 'nation' is 'NARRATION'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for narration that I've seen before include "Voice-over in film" , "telling" , "Process of storytelling" , "Spoken account" , "Story" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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