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Dutch name for the Netherlands' seat of government (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

den haag

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'seat of government' is the definition.
'Den Haag' can be an answer for 'seat' (Den Haag is an example). I'm unsure of the 'of government' bit.

'dutch name for the netherlands'' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'dutch' could be 'd' (common abbreviation) and 'd' is located in the answer.
'name' could be 'ag' and 'ag' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for den haag that I've seen is " situation for Dutch politicians?".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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