Middle-of-the-road company backing another in African country (7)
I believe the answer is:
morocco
'african country' is the definition.
(country in Africa)
'middle-of-the-road company backing another' is the wordplay.
'middle' becomes 'M' (abbreviation for middle).
'of-the-road' becomes 'roc' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'backing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'another' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'roc'+'co'='rocco'
'rocco' after 'o' is 'orocco'.
'm'+'orocco'='MOROCCO'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for morocco that I've seen before include "Casablanca's country" , "Rabat its capital" , "Hide" , "state of Africa" , "Country in North Africa" .)