Name a country, but not Germany (4)
I believe the answer is:
alan
'country but not germany' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'name a' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'al' (**).
'a' becomes 'an'.
'al'+'an'='ALAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alan that I've seen before include "Sir -- Sugar (The Apprentice)" , "- Bennett, English actor, dramatist, writer" , "Boy" , "English historian/poet" , "-- Sugar, British entrepreneur" .)