Old part of Europe, comprising Portugal and another country (7)
I believe the answer is:
prussia
'old part of europe' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'portugal and another country' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'portugal' could be 'p' (common abbreviation eg on car number plates) and 'p' is found in the answer.
'another' could be 'r' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'country' could be 'us' (United States) and 'us' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sia' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'comprising' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prussia that I've seen before include "Old part of Germany" , "Former German state" , "Former state that included present-day Northern Germany and northern Poland" , "Bismarck its PM" , "Powerful pre-1871 state of central Europe" .)
