The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LESOTHO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result LESOTHO
- State quarters on the outside look all the same
- Hotel, so dilapidated, in African state
- The French emperor’s land in Africa
- The state of the loo’s atrocious
- Land to the north I wish I could auction, mostly
- The foreign boozer, little house in the country
- State of roast regularly served up in rented house
- Country hotel’s masked ball
- Group welcomes eastern sun over house in African country
- Country hotels changing Ohio
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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 = lesotho.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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