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Venom shown by nation over evacuation of Chile (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malice

'venom' is the definition.
('malice' can be a synonym of 'venom')

'nation over evacuation of chile' is the wordplay.
'nation' becomes 'mali' (Mali is an example**).
'over' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'evacuation of' suggests removing the centre (the inside letters vacate the word).
'chile' with its centre removed is 'ce'.
'mali'+'ce'='MALICE'

'shown by' is the link.

(Other definitions for malice that I've seen before include "Desire to harm others, may be aforethought" , "Malevolence, spite" , "Hatred" , "Spite and rancour" , "evil intent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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