The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EUROPE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EUROPE
- Where we are in line, following EU?
- Currency predicament? Even initially, Scotland’s in and out of it after Brexit
- Regret going back to work with Earl in a lot of countries
- Lands a part in amateur opera
- Group of around 50 states regret over wish to leave here, initially?
- Old rupee convertible in some 50 countries here
- Some amateur operation that the UK wants to abandon
- Outpour during the middle of the week on the continent
- Monsieur opens houses here?
- University line supporting English
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The straight part
We know that "Lands" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lands = europe.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.