The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TOGO
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TOGO
- Nation marked for deletion?
- American’s not eating in country
- How one’s coffee may be ordered in African country
- Like takeaway food in African country
- How coffee might be ordered in an African country
- African country‘s version of takeaway
- A state not for eating in?
- Value in warmth and love in republic
- A duvet such as this is useless in African country
- Country for taking away
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "African country" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case african country = togo.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.