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Legionaries lose out, for a change in this country (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nigeria

'this country' is the definition.
(Nigeria is an example)

'legionaries lose out for a change' is the wordplay.
'out' suggests deleting specific letters.
'for a change' is an anagram indicator.
'legionaries' with 'lose' taken away is 'ginarie'.
'ginarie' with letters rearranged gives 'NIGERIA'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nigeria that I've seen before include "part of Africa" , "African country, capital Abuja" , "I regain the African state" , "African republic, capital Abuja" , "Possible home for African" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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