The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word HONDURAS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result HONDURAS
- Land our hands cultivated
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- Country has guards roaming round
- Country men with guns surrounded by barking hounds
- Sour hand misbehaving in country
- Spread ash round in country
- Country in our hands after reform
- Country round has to be arranged
- Henry’s playing around in the country
- Takes some time to cross New Delhi — like the 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 = honduras.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.