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Outlaw taking shelter in mountain kingdom (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bhutan

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'mountain kingdom' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'outlaw taking shelter' is the wordplay.
'outlaw' becomes 'ban' (banning is a kind of outlawing).
'taking' indicates putting letters inside.
'shelter' becomes 'hut' (hut is a kind of shelter).
'ban' enclosing 'hut' is 'BHUTAN'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bhutan that I've seen before include "Small country" , "Indian protectorate in the southeast Himalayas" , "Bowman" , "Country of the Himalayas" , "Himalayan kingdom" .)

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