The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 4 letter word EMERALD ISLE
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More clues leading to the result EMERALD ISLE
- Drennan’s country remedies all rubbished
- Deem rallies out of order in Ireland
- Green Man? Here one may find whiskey!
- Precious stone is left by head of embassy in Ireland
- Stone passage reportedly found in Europe
- Green Man? Here one finds whiskey!
- Where stout’s the favoured tipple, military engineers return supermarket’s beer unopened
- Republican in Dail melee’s involved here?
- Remedies all working in poet’s place
- Foreign leader lies about close of firm in Ireland
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