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Work in Haiti, worried after getting alien to land (8)

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ethiopia

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'to land' is the definition.
(Ethiopia is an example)

'work in haiti worried after getting alien' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'worried' indicates anagramming the letters (worry can mean to interfere with or disturb).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'getting alien' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'haiti' anagrammed gives 'thiia'.
'op' put inside 'thiia' is 'thiopia'.
'thiopia' put after 'e' is 'ETHIOPIA'.

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(Other definitions for ethiopia that I've seen before include "Former Abyssinia" , "Modern Abyssinia" , "Tie a Hopi up in Africa" , "African state" , "Where Haile Selassie was once emperor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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