The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MOORLAND
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More clues leading to the result MOORLAND
- Heath upended board to go ashore
- Terrain needing low light beyond river
- Orlando arranged to follow Monsieur Heath
- Low, extremely rural and open countryside
- Low light around river, a feature of Yorkshire?
- Method followed by an American state, for the most part, to develop uncultivated stretch
- Austen heroine crossing over heath
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "open countryside" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case open countryside = moorland.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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What does MOORLAND mean?
MOORLAND noun- Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken.