The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 5 letter word SIERRA LEONE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SIERRA LEONE
- African country’s one mistake in first auction?
- Rosie Lee ran off into the country
- Country is reversing blunder without help — chance finally grasped
- Earlier ones travelling around country
- . See Lorraine settling in West African country
- Son earlier worked in East African republic
- Character communicated in plane with Western authority getting to land
- Range of lions missing in African republic
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