Hatless nobleman takes in the damp weather in this country (7)
I believe the answer is:
ukraine
'this country' is the definition.
(Ukraine is a country)
'hatless nobleman takes in the damp weather' is the wordplay.
'hatless' means to remove the first letter (the hat of the word is its first letter).
'nobleman' becomes 'duke' (duke is a kind of nobleman).
'takes in' indicates putting letters inside.
'the damp weather' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of weather. I am not sure about the 'damp' bit.).
'duke' with its initial letter taken away is 'uke'.
'uke' enclosing 'rain' is 'UKRAINE'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ukraine that I've seen before include "Russia's neighbour" , "Country of eastern Europe" , "Ex-USSR country" , "East European nation" , "Run Ikea down in the Eastern state" .)