Queen's country rises over limits on alcohol (7)
I believe the answer is:
reginal
'queen's country rises over limits on alcohol' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'country rises over limits on alcohol' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'niger' (African country).
'rises' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'limits on' suggests removing the centre (only the letters at the limits or edges).
'alcohol' with its middle removed is 'al'.
'niger' back-to-front is 'regin'.
'regin'+'al'='REGINAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reginal that I've seen before include "of the queen" , "Queenly" .)