The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CONTINENT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result CONTINENT
- Happy to tour one northern land-mass
- Landmass which is dry?
- Capacity to keep in Europe?
- Temperate landmass
- Little money around on vessel seeking vast land
- Gratified houses in huge area of land
- Europe, say, on the money, in the money!
- Sober and satisfied, when outside batting
- Quite happy to eat at home when exercising self-restraint
- Sober and satisfied when outside batting
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The straight part
We know that "Landmass/which is dry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case landmass/which is dry = continent.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONTINENT mean?
CONTINENT noun- Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
- A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
- Land (as opposed to the water).
- Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex, urination and/or defecation.
- Not interrupted; connected; continuous.
- Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.