Spies must capture Bloom up to tricks in the country (8)
I believe the answer is:
colombia
'the country' is the definition.
(Colombia is an example)
'spies must capture bloom up to tricks' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'bloom' is 'olomb' which is present in the answer.
'spies' could be 'cia' (Central Intelligence Agency) and 'cia' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for colombia that I've seen before include "S American state" , "Coffee-exporting South American country" , "South American Republic" , "Bogota is its capital" , "Northwestern republic in South America" .)