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People from Spain and Portugal and Serbia in trouble (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

iberians

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'people from spain and portugal' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'serbia in trouble' is the wordplay.
'trouble' indicates anagramming the letters.
'serbia'+'in'='serbiain'
'serbiain' anagrammed gives 'IBERIANS'.

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(Other definitions for iberians that I've seen before include "Inhabitants of peninsula comprising Spain and Portugal" , "People from a peninsular" , "They come from Spain and Portugal" , "People of Spain and Portugal" , "Western Europeans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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