The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word AUSTRALIA
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More clues leading to the result AUSTRALIA
- One country or another welcoming almost everyone
- Last aria Rameau finally composed for land down under
- Uluru’s place: rock as a ritual
- A lake in one nation – or another?
- A lake in European country – or one far away
- The Commonwealth: it could hardly be more distant from Britain
- Film of Capone in European country
- Part of the Alps which surrounds a Latin country
- Strange rituals held by motoring organisation in country
- Strange rituals found in more than one advanced country
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