The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SAMOA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
S
A
M
O
A
More clues leading to the result SAMOA
- Bird no longer living on S American islands
- Boy with nothing on a Polynesian state
- Country: a second where Lesotho located?
- A poem regularly reflecting on mostly sad state of islands
- Saw endless tailless grouse in Pacific islands
- Polynesian group dance British made into disc
- Given lift when grouse endlessly seen in island group
- Early on, state administered by old New Zealander?
- A month in South America and Pacific islands
- Country dance is old rather than second-rate
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The straight part
We know that "Country" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case country = samoa.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.
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