American loses the head with fine powder and draught served up in Central Europe (7)
I believe the answer is:
austria
'up in central europe' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'american loses the head with fine powder and draught' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'american' could be 'us' and 'us' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'atria' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'served' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for austria that I've seen before include "Its ruling house was the Hapsburgs" , "The Von Trapps lived there" , "German-speaking republic" , "Original setting for Mozart" , "Its aura is in Europe" .)