Country dad eats acceptable fowl with mint (5,3,6)
I believe the answer is:
papua new guinea
'country' is the definition.
(Papua New Guinea is an example)
'dad eats acceptable fowl with mint' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'dad' could be 'pa' (synonyms) and 'pa' is found in the answer.
'acceptable' could be 'u' (as in U and non-U speech) and 'u' is present in the answer.
'fowl' could be 'guinea' (guinea fowl is a kind of fowl) and 'guinea' is present in the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pane' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for papua new guinea that I've seen before include "Country to north of Australia" , "State" .)