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Equally big name in charge, leading a country (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

costa rica

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'country' is the definition.
(Costa Rica is an example)

'equally big name in charge leading a' is the wordplay.
'equally big name' becomes 'costar' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'leading' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'costar'+'ic'+'a'='COSTA RICA'

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(Other definitions for costa rica that I've seen before include "A Socratic country in Central America, oddly" , "Central American state" , "source of coffee" , "Central American republic" , "Central American nation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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