In this land, grief-stricken cries are heard (5)

I believe the answer is:

wales

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'in this land grief-stricken cries are heard' is the definition.
'Wales' can be an answer for 'land' (Wales is an example). I'm unsure of the remainder of the definition.

This is all the clue.

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(Other definitions for wales that I've seen before include "Part of Great Britain" , "Land of Dai and Dylan" , "chooses" , "Cymru" , "Former principality" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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