The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BRITAIN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BRITAIN
- Country sound of composer Benjamin
- Clever person embodies that certain something in this country
- Monarchy shows shrewdness, getting to grips with technology
- Boffin that relations must visit in the country
- Country of a mind to repress sex
- Having sex in one’s mind?
- Country cops it in knock out
- Interception of computer technology by mastermind for the state
- Egghead possesses exactly what’s needed here
- It is where you think, this country?
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The straight part
We know that "this country" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this country = britain.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.