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Via Angus, Arthur oddly gets you there! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vanuatu

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'you there' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'via angus arthur oddly' is the wordplay.
'oddly' indicates alternate letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'via'+'angus'+'arthur'='viaangusarthur'
The alternating letters of 'viaangusarthur' are 'VANUATU'.

'gets' is the link.

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(Other definitions for vanuatu that I've seen before include "Archipelago, formerly known as New Hebrides" , "Pacific island country, formerly New Hebrides" , "Southwest Pacific island hit by Cyclone Pam in March" , "South Pacific Ocean nation of 80 islands" , "Country of the south-west Pacific" .)

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