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Prospect of gold being found in a country (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panorama

'prospect' is the definition.
(both can mean a view of a landscape)

'gold being found in a country' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'being found in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a country' becomes 'panama' (Panama is an example).
'or' inserted within 'panama' is 'PANORAMA'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for panorama that I've seen before include "Current affairs programme" , "Wide vista" , "Wide view - TV programme" , "Impressive view" , "Unbroken view of surrounding area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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