The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPAIN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SPAIN
- Country ending in tremendous agony
- Bath for one in a state
- Belgian town in European country
- Health resort in European country
- Sons suffering in Catholic country
- Country home to the east of health centre
- Small nuisance in country
- Take a turn round a kingdom
- Try to put a good light on annexing a country
- Country bridge across island
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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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