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Country where chap admits felony ultimately hurt (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

myanmar

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

'chap admits felony ultimately hurt' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before**).
'admits' indicates putting letters inside.
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
'hurt' becomes 'mar' (I've seen this before).
The last letter of 'felony' is 'y'.
'man' enclosing 'y' is 'myan'.
'myan'+'mar'='MYANMAR'

'where' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for myanmar that I've seen before include "Army man in new Burma" , "Country on the Bay of Bengal" , "Newer name for Burma" , "Another name for Burma" , "Modern name for Burma" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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