City centre layabout in the country (5)
I believe the answer is:
italy
'country' is the definition.
(Italy is an example)
'city centre layabout in' is the wordplay.
'city centre' becomes 'it' (centre of the word 'city').
'layabout in' becomes 'aly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'it'+'aly'='ITALY'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for italy that I've seen before include "Founder member of the EEC" , "Mediterranean nation" , "Country of southern Europe" , "Europe's boot, home to the Mafia" , "Land of Tuscany and Umbria" .)