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Wrong to retreat in uncultivated country, being aggressive (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bullish

'aggressive' is the definition.

'wrong to retreat in uncultivated country' is the wordplay.
'wrong' becomes 'ill'.
'to retreat' is a reversal indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'uncultivated country' becomes 'bush' (**).
'ill' in reverse letter order is 'lli'.
'lli' placed inside 'bush' is 'BULLISH'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Another definition for bullish that I've seen is " Confident".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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