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The French and British soon to meet in the country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lebanon

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

'the french and british soon to meet' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'le'.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'soon' becomes 'anon' (I've seen this before).
'to meet' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'le'+'b'+'anon'='LEBANON'

'in the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lebanon that I've seen before include "Country N. of Israel" , "Middle Eastern region" , "Country associated with cedar trees" , "Its capital is Beirut" , "Middle Eastern country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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