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Vegetable new to the country (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweden

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'the country' is the definition.
(country in Europe)

'vegetable new' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'vegetable' could be 'swede' (swede is a kind of vegetable) and 'swede' is found in the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (abbreviation as in New Testament NT) and 'n' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sweden that I've seen before include "North European country" , "Nordic country" , "in E" , "We send out to here, oddly" , "European kingdom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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