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Yearning for past? In Angola it's unusual (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nostalgia

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'yearning for past?' is the definition.
'nostalgia' can be an answer for 'yearning' (I've seen this before). I also know that 'past' relates to this answer.

'angola it's unusual' is the wordplay.
'unusual' indicates an anagram.
'angola'+'its'='angolaits'
'angolaits' with letters rearranged gives 'NOSTALGIA'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for nostalgia that I've seen before include "Love for the past" , "That may bring on homesickness" , "Backward-looking sentiment" , "Attraction to the past" , "Wistfulness" .)

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