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Country inn with memorial outside it (8)

Ross

I think it could be either:

republic

farmland

'country' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'memorial outside it' is the wordplay.
'memorial' becomes 'relique' (I have seen 'ancient memorial' mean 'relique' so perhaps 'memorial' could also mean 'relique').
'outside' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'it' becomes 'public' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'relique' with its middle removed is 're'.
're'+'public'='REPUBLIC'

'inn with' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

(Other definitions for republic that I've seen before include "State without monarch" , "Non-monarchical state" , "See 17" , "Cure blip (anag.)" , "State in which the people hold the power" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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