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Tricks 60% of country with empty euphemisms (5)

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I believe the answer is:

japes

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'tricks' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'country with empty euphemisms' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'jap' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'empty' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'euphemisms' with its middle taken out is 'es'.
'jap'+'es'='JAPES'

'60% of' is the link.
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(Other definitions for japes that I've seen before include "Gags, jokes" , "fun" , "Jolly jests" .)

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