Wife organised sale of country (5)
I believe the answer is:
wales
'country' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'wife organised sale' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (**).
'organised' is an anagram indicator.
'sale' is an anagram of 'ales'.
'w'+'ales'='WALES'
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for wales that I've seen before include "Part of Great Britain" , "Former principality" , "UK country" , "Home nation wearing red shirts for rugby" , "Its emblem is the leek" .)