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Country girl entertained by a queen maybe (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

belize

'country' is the definition.
(Belize is an example)

'girl entertained by a queen maybe' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'liz' (**).
'entertained by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'a queen maybe' becomes 'bee' (queen is a type of bee).
'liz' inserted into 'bee' is 'BELIZE'.

(Other definitions for belize that I've seen before include "Country formerly called British Honduras" , "Caribbean country" , "Commonwealth state" , "Central American country, formerly British Honduras" , "Central American state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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