Country that's nominally, but not actually, independent Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Country that's nominally, but not actually, independent last seen in USA Today puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 11 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PUPPETSTATE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PUPPETSTATE Country that's nominally, but not actually, independent (11) USA Today Dec 12, 2017
68% SOARED Flew across the country ... three of them, actually! (6) New York Times Mini Dec 28, 2025
68% APART Independently (5) Wall Street Journal Nov 29, 2025
68% ZIMBABWE Country in S Africa (8) The Telegraph Quick Nov 12, 2025
68% ESSE In ____, actual (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 8, 2025
65% INESSE Actually existing (6) Wall Street Journal Dec 27, 2025
65% REAL Actual (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 20, 2025
62% INPERSON Actually present (2,6) (8) Mirror Classic Jan 3, 2026
62% EMMA Thompson of "Love Actually" (4) Eugene Sheffer Jan 1, 2026
62% IMUSTBEDREAMING "There's no way this is actually happening!" (15) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 27, 2025

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