Vlad crosswords reportedly finish off country (4)
I believe the answer is:
iran
'country' is the definition.
(Iran is an example)
'vlad crosswords reportedly finish off' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'vlad' could be 'i' (where the crossword setter is 'Vlad') and 'i' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ran' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for iran that I've seen before include "Country where ayatollahs replaced a shah" , "Farsi-speaking country" , "Country lying to south of Caspian sea" , "Country to east of Iraq" , "Country that was Persia" .)