The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WALES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WALES
- Heard cries in the country
- Country cries out to be heard
- Polish hero freed a country
- Country with drinks
- Wife and son drinking beer in country
- Drink, second as chaser, to West Country
- Home Counties rule set up for whole country
- Selection offered by pub in support of West Country
- Home Counties statute turned over across the border
- Cut up about the European country
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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 = wales.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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What does WALES mean?
WALES noun- A ridge or low barrier.
- A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy. (As opposed to course).
- The texture of a piece of fabric.
- A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
- A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
- A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
- A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
- A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
- To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
- To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.
- Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
- To choose, select.