Rural area (11)

I think it could be either:

countryside

backcountry

'rural area' is the definition.
(countryside is a kind of rural area)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for countryside that I've seen before include "The green and pleasant part of our land" , "Rural areas" , "Turned so icy (anag.)" , "Rural area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Mirror.

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