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Non-specific info on Central American? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

generic

'non-specific' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'info on central american?' is the wordplay.
'info' becomes 'gen' (gen is a kind of info).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'central' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letters of 'american' are 'eric'.
'gen'+'eric'='GENERIC'

(Other definitions for generic that I've seen before include "Non-specific" , "of a particular type" , "in relation to class" , "Collective" , "Referring to a whole class or group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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