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Two rivers meet in country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rural

'country' is the definition.
(I know that country can be written as rural)

'two rivers meet' is the wordplay.
'two rivers' can mean two substitutions for 'river'.
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for river).
'river' becomes 'ural' (Russian river).
'meet' says to put letters next to each other.
'r'+'ural'='RURAL'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rural that I've seen before include "Connected with farming" , "outside the city?" , "Not urban" , "Of the country - pastoral" , "Characteristic of country life" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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