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Market's opening early before eggs land (7)

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I believe the answer is:

moldova

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'land' is the definition.
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'market's opening early before eggs' is the wordplay.
'opening' indicates taking the first letters.
'early' becomes 'old' (similar in meaning).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'eggs' becomes 'ova' (term for egg cells).
The first letter of 'markets' is 'm'.
'm'+'old'+'ova'='MOLDOVA'

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(Another definition for moldova that I've seen is " European country".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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