The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ROMANIA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ROMANIA
- Broadcast recalled about one country or another
- Look upset about sultanate becoming an EU member
- Country that’s had burning desire to depose leading couple
- Country manor dilapidated, the reverse of tip-top
- Drop unbounded passion for EU nation
- Country very soon captured by a king after uprising
- Country in the centre of Europe madness
- One state‘s revolutionary broadcast blocked by another
- Return of gold craze in this country
- God welcoming national state
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "country" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case country = romania.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.