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Where Scandinavians point various needs out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweden

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

'point various needs out' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 'sw' (SW is an example).
'various' is an anagram indicator.
'out' means to remove the last letter.
'needs' with its last letter removed is 'need'.
'need' with letters rearranged gives 'eden'.
'sw'+'eden'='SWEDEN'

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(Other definitions for sweden that I've seen before include "N. European country" , "Country with blue and yellow flag" , "Its capital's Stockholm" , "We send to Scandinavian country" , "4's neighbour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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