Every year a chap turned up in country (6)
I believe the answer is:
panama
'country' is the definition.
(Panama is an example)
'every year a chap turned up' is the wordplay.
'every year' becomes 'pa' (per annum).
'chap' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'turned up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'a'+'man'='aman'
'aman' backwards is 'nama'.
'pa'+'nama'='PANAMA'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for panama that I've seen before include "Central American state" , "Criticise" , "Hat made of plaited palm leaves" , "Land - hat - cigar" , "Country - hat - canal - cigar" .)