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Country run — nothing taken with huge enthusiasm (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

romania

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

'run nothing taken with huge enthusiasm' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'taken with' says to put letters next to each other.
'huge enthusiasm' becomes 'mania'.
'r'+'o'+'mania'='ROMANIA'

(Other definitions for romania that I've seen before include "Bucharest is its capital" , "Eastern European country" , "Country of eastern Europe" , "EU country" , "European republic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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