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Drive around a country (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spain

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

'drive around a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'drive' could be 'spin' (I've seen this before) and 'spin' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for spain that I've seen before include "EU country" , "Country bordering Andorra" , "location of Estoril" , "Madrid is its capital" , "Take pains to go there" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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