First to leave country departs on strange, crude vessel (3,4)

Times Cryptic #29444 | 3 Down | 2026-01-20
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{s} OIL (country) [first to leave], D (departs), RUM (strange). I wasn’t sure at first, but I found support for ‘country / soil’ eventually.

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