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Tragic king’s about to go to India or some other country (6)

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I believe the answer is:

israel

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'some other country' is the definition.
'israel' can be an answer for 'country' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'some other' bit.

'tragic king's about to go to india' is the wordplay.
'tragic king's' becomes 'Lear's' (Shakespeare's King Lear).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to go to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'india' becomes 'i' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'lears' reversed gives 'srael'.
'srael' after 'i' is 'ISRAEL'.

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for israel that I've seen before include "Lear is to be found in this state" , "Jewish republic" , "Jewish state" , "Strange serial state" , "Zion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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