European and American openness not initially progressed (8)
I believe the answer is:
andorran
'european' is the definition.
(I know that Andorran is a type of european)
'openness not initially progressed' is the wordplay.
'openness' becomes 'candor' (I've seen this in another clue).
'not initially' means to remove the first letter.
'progressed' becomes 'ran' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'candor' with its initial letter taken away is 'andor'.
'andor'+'ran'='ANDORRAN'
'and american' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for andorran that I've seen before include "European" , "Resident of microstate" , "Native to a principality in the Pyrenees" .)