The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GABON
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GABON
- No particular interest shown around republic
- Lack of land set back African nation
- State of small number knocked back by speaker's gift
- Nation unable to carry things over?
- Bigwig with silver set up in the country
- Chatter about country
- No particular interest about African country
- Yak trampling outskirts of Orpington, home to some West Africans
- African country unable to carry things back?
- State that vagabond’s hiding
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The straight part
We know that "home to some West Africans" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case home to some west africans = gabon.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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