Country clubs in denial, strangely (7)
I believe the answer is:
iceland
'country' is the definition.
(Iceland is an example)
'clubs in denial strangely' is the wordplay.
'clubs' becomes 'c' (abbreviation used in card games such as bridge).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'strangely' is an anagram indicator.
'denial' is an anagram of 'ieland'.
'c' placed into 'ieland' is 'ICELAND'.
(Other definitions for iceland that I've seen before include "Reykjavik's country" , "The capital city is Reykjavik" , "N. Atlantic nation" , "Home to the volcano Eyjafjallajokull" , "Volcanic country" .)