The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NORFOLK
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NORFOLK
- Eastern area connected to Turkey?
- People behind country, no way county
- King visiting apparently empty county?
- County needing way to avoid country music genre
- Broads here and not guys
- Absence of right traditional music
- Part of England terribly forlorn with one king briefly ousting another
- New or traditional music place
- Part-Nordic people at US city
- Republican in seemingly unpopulated county?
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The straight part
We know that "County" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case county = norfolk.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.