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Whence Rita would be crazy to go to the wild U.S.A.! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

austria

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'whence rita would be crazy to go to the wild u s a' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'rita would be crazy to go to the wild u s a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'rita' is 'tria' which is located in the answer.
'u' is found in the answer.
's' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for austria that I've seen before include "Find US tiara in this country" , "Central European country" , "part of Europe" , "The Von Trapps lived there" , "Country of Graz and Linz" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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