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They can't fly me back to the land of the free (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emus

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'they can't fly' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'me back to the land of the free' is the wordplay.
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'to the land of the free' becomes 'US' (United States of America).
'me' backwards is 'em'.
'em'+'us'='EMUS'

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(Other definitions for emus that I've seen before include "Large flightless birds of Australia" , "Largest native Australian birds" , "laboratory units" , "Running birds" , "Fast, but not high-fliers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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