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Copy name and numbers in range (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apennines

'range' is the definition.
(Apennines is an example)

'copy name and numbers' is the wordplay.
'copy' becomes 'ape' ('ape' can be a synonym of 'copy').
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'numbers' becomes 'nines' (nine is a kind of number**).
'ape'+'n'+'nines'='APENNINES'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for apennines that I've seen before include "Mountain range in central Italy" , "Great mountain range in Italy (9)" , "Italian mountain range" , "Italian mountain chain" , "European range" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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