Country always extremely desperate, put a lid on that! (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
cape verde
'country' is the definition.
(Cape Verde is an example)
'always extremely desperate put a lid on that' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'extremely desperate put' becomes 'de' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a lid' becomes 'cap' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on that' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ever'+'de'='everde'
'everde' after 'cap' is 'CAPE VERDE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cape verde that I've seen before include "African headland and offshore islands of the same name" , "island republic" , "westernmost Africa" .)