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Country almost liberated with introduction of political party? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

france

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

'almost liberated with introduction of political party?' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'liberated' becomes 'free' (similar in meaning).
'with introduction of' indicates putting letters inside.
'political party?' becomes 'ANC' (African National Congress, South African party).
'free' with its last letter removed is 'fre'.
'fre' placed around 'anc' is 'FRANCE'.

(Other definitions for france that I've seen before include "One of the six original members of the European Economic Community" , "Anatole ---, Fr. novelist" , "Country in Europe" , "Rouen's country" , "Can ref travel badly here?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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