Goddess against eastern and northern country? (5)
I believe the answer is:
venus
'goddess' is the definition.
(Roman goddess of love)
'against eastern and northern country?' is the wordplay.
'against' becomes 'v' (abbreviation for 'versus').
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'country?' becomes 'us' (U.S. is an example).
'v'+'e'+'n'+'us'='VENUS'
(Other definitions for venus that I've seen before include "Next planet in" , "One of the planets" , "not really a star" , "Aggrieved, peeved" , "Roman counterpart of Aphrodite" .)