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Country inn with memorial outside it (8)

Ross

I think it could be either:

republic

farmland

'country' is the definition.
(farmland is a kind of country)

'with memorial outside it' is the wordplay.
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'outside' suggests removing the centre.
'it' becomes 'farand' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'memorial' with its centre removed is 'ml'.
'ml' put inside 'farand' is 'FARMLAND'.

'inn' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

(Other definitions for farmland that I've seen before include "Countryside used for crops or livestock" , "field" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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