The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ALBANIA
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More clues leading to the result ALBANIA
- State embargo, inter alia
- State, inter alia, what can stop us?
- Country regularly involved in an Ionian-Balkan uprising?
- Land in excellent nick, note, after journey skyward
- Country road to take, city having been rejected?
- Adriatic land, Balkan? Assigned name: Illyria? Absolutely, at first!
- State embargo inter alia?
- Explain a blackout encompassing retired community in the Balkans
- Outlaw protected by pseudonym mostly in country
- Teetotal group seen around student bar, one in European country
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The straight part
We know that "Land" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case land = albania.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.