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Where, abroad, Alma got mixed up with some Yanks (6)

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I believe the answer is:

malaya

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'where abroad' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'alma got mixed up with some yanks' is the wordplay.
'got mixed up' indicates an anagram.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'some' becomes 'a'.
'yanks' becomes 'y' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'alma' with letters rearranged gives 'mala'.
'a'+'y'='ay'
'mala' going around 'ay' is 'MALAYA'.

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(Other definitions for malaya that I've seen before include "Former country of southeast Asia, now part of another" , "peninsular group of states" , "Old colony" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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