The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GEORGIA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GEORGIA
- Country girl on my mind in old song
- Country girl in a state?
- State of wild exaggeration after Texan left
- American state that’s next to Russia
- Country girl
- On fast track up, Osborne finally failed the country
- Echo in endless ravine, one opening in awesome country
- Village, or giant housing land?
- State of the world
- Black Sea country in a state
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The straight part
We know that "land/land" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case land/land = georgia.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.