Country no good as home to antelope? On the contrary (7)
I believe the answer is:
england
'country' is the definition.
(I know that England is a European country)
'no good as home to antelope? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'no' could be 'n' (common abbreviation) and 'n' is located in the answer.
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'antelope?' could be 'eland' (eland is a kind of antelope) and 'eland' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for england that I've seen before include "Lend nag (anag)" , "Lend nag out to the country" , "Part of the UK" , "CARRY ON FILM" , "' - - expects' (Nelson)" .)