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The foreign boozer, little house in the country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lesotho

'country' is the definition.
(Lesotho is an example)

'the foreign boozer little house' is the wordplay.
'the foreign' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'boozer' becomes 'sot' (I've seen this before).
'little house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'le'+'sot'+'ho'='LESOTHO'

'in the' is the link.

(Other definitions for lesotho that I've seen before include "Landlocked country in southern Africa" , "African territory" , "Trickery" , "Independent kingdom, an enclave of South Africa" , "He loots (anag) -- southern African kingdom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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