View country houses over river (8)
I believe the answer is:
panorama
'view' is the definition.
(I know that view can be written as panorama)
'country houses over river' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'over' could be 'o' (cricket abbreviation) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'river' could be 'r' (abbreviation for river) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'country' could be 'panama' (Panama is an example) and 'panama' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for panorama that I've seen before include "Wide view (from BBC TV?)" , "Extensive all-round view" , "Wide-angle view" , "Wide unbroken view" , "Scene, vista" .)