The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ANJOU
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ANJOU
- Former province featured in European journal
- A new day briefly in France in one of its old parts
- Norman journal features historic province
- Endlessly Don Juan travels to old French province
- Pear found in Afghan journey
- Plan journey to cover historical French province
- A northern girl at university in old French province
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The straight part
We know that "one of its old parts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one of its old parts = anjou.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.