Crossword Genius

Country: a second where Lesotho located? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

samoa

'country' is the definition.
(Samoa is an example)

'a second where lesotho located?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'second' could be 'mo' (both are short periods of time) and 'mo' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sa' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for samoa that I've seen before include "Commonwealth country in the Pacific, capital Apia" , "Polynesian isle" , "South-west Pacific nation" , "South Pacific island nation" , "Group of islands in the South Pacific" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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