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Regularly misread 'Queen and Country' (4)

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I believe the answer is:

iraq

'country' is the definition.
(Iraq is an example)

'regularly misread queen' is the wordplay.
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'queen' becomes 'q' (abbreviation used in chess).
The alternate letters of 'misread' are 'ira'.
'ira'+'q'='IRAQ'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for iraq that I've seen before include "Country bordering Syria" , "Country of western Asia" , "troubled state" , "In ancient times, it was known as Mesopotamia" , "Middle-Eastern state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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