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Turn around a country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spain

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'country' is the definition.
(Spain is a country)

'turn around a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'turn' could be 'spin' (spin is a kind of turn) and 'spin' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for spain that I've seen before include "location of Estoril" , "Catholic country" , "holiday destination?" , "Crazy pains?" , "part of Europe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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