The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word NORWAY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NORWAY
- Definitely not embracing king and country
- Country — I don't believe it contains river
- In part, Dubya wrong about country
- Some forsaken or waylaid in the country
- Impossible to find resistance inside country …
- Country never welcoming Russians, primarily
- Country show finally taken in by girl at the end of May
- Country surrounding Reading? Certainly not!
- Country absolutely not embracing Republican
- Neither road leads to 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 = norway.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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