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The car is diverted to part of Greece (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thrace

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'greece' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'the car is diverted to part' is the wordplay.
'is diverted' indicates anagramming the letters (letters must be diverted to different positions).
'to part' is an insertion indicator (one word creates a gap in ie parts another word).
'car' with letters rearranged gives 'rac'.
'the' enclosing 'rac' is 'THRACE'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for thrace that I've seen before include "old part of Europe" , "The car (anag.); historical region" , "old country" , "Ancient region now in Greece and Bulgaria" , "ancient land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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