The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 plus 2 letter word WAY TO GO
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result WAY TO GO
- Route one should follow? Excellent
- A potential route — bravo!
- In hearing, judiciously consider African country excellent
- Country supporting method that’s great in America
- “Congratulations” the right track?
- Respect African country — as Trump might say, it’s ‘great’
- Approach African country with expression of praise
- Encouraging words // to proceed in the same direction
- Expression of praise at roadsign perhaps
- Capital road
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The straight part
We know that "ongratulations/the right track" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ongratulations/the right track = way to go.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.