The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ANDORRA
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More clues leading to the result ANDORRA
- Small nation not forgetting ordinary men in military academy
- A northern girl crossing river in mountainous principality
- A new winding road bridging river in country
- Country extra worthless to Scots
- Fuss about nothing, principally, arriving from South in principality
- Land with short pointer pointing up
- Gossip about cheat on Republican right in principality
- Group in band or racket in principality
- European principality with “no-frills” livestock pen
- Winding road ran between France and Spain
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Mountainous land" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case mountainous land = andorra.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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