The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FLANDERS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result FLANDERS
- Old country female comes down to entertain the Queen
- Polly abandons island for a place in the Low Countries
- Location in Europe’s fine planetary vehicles?
- Serf working across terrain in mediaeval principality
- Tart before wine recalled by son in Low Country area
- Whence a mare for Swann’s partner in Belgium
- Leader of foreign country regularly rearms in battle zone
- Fellow who sang funny songs somewhere in Belgium
- Part of Europe with leader of French people coming ashore?
- European region’s loud people being grounded
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The straight part
We know that "Location in Europe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case location in europe = flanders.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.