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Unlawful act beginning to annex part of Ukraine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crimea

'part of ukraine' is the definition.
('Crimea' is part of 'ukraine')

'unlawful act beginning to annex' is the wordplay.
'unlawful act' becomes 'crime' (I've seen this before**).
'beginning to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'annex' is 'a'.
'crime'+'a'='CRIMEA'

(Other definitions for crimea that I've seen before include "Black Sea region" , "Ukrainian peninsula, theatre of 1853-6 war" , "1853-56 war zone" , "War site 1853-56" , "European peninsula" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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