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Country legend on tour, wanting love (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turkey

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

'legend on tour wanting love' is the wordplay.
'legend' becomes 'key' (legend can mean a key on a map or diagram).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wanting' indicates named letters should be taken away (to want something can mean to lack it or need it).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'tour' with 'o' taken out is 'tur'.
'key' after 'tur' is 'TURKEY'.

(Other definitions for turkey that I've seen before include "hill-dwelling MC in 3 9 [THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT]" , "failure in America" , "A lemon" , "foreign land" , "One often getting stuffed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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