The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word RURITANIA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result RURITANIA
- Romantic country sport played in tiara
- Hope land has game girl raised in America
- Game girl tours part of the UK, a fabulous place
- Hope country girl’s a sport — endless tease earlier
- Game girl brought up in a mythical land
- Land of Hope?
- Imaginary place where girl goes after sport and bible class
- Kingdom’s fruitarians peeled bananas
- “Land of Hope” formed aria — run it
- Land of Hope? I ruin a rat on the run
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