Inland region up north gripped by violent outcry (9)

I believe the answer is:

upcountry

'inland region' is the definition.

'up north gripped by violent outcry' is the wordplay.
'north' becomes 'n' ('N' can be a synonym of 'north').
'gripped by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'violent' indicates anagramming the letters.
'outcry' anagrammed gives 'coutry'.
'n' put inside 'coutry' is 'country'.
'up'+'country'='UPCOUNTRY'

(Another definition for upcountry that I've seen is " inland".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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