The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ACAPULCO
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ACAPULCO
- Latin offered by a top university, first third of course somewhere in Latin America
- A top mobster kidnaps even members of public in Pacific resort
- A worried couple endlessly ringing about a place in Mexico
- Area with clubs a couple snubbed possibly in Mexican resort
- A top university lecturer coming over, heads for Mexican city
- Cola – a cup drunk in Mexican resort
- A majority of Juliet’s family have company in American resort
- A better firm round middle of July in foreign resort
- Bill and Paul excitedly combined operations in holiday venue
- Fizzy cola – a cup drunk inside a bay on the Pacific
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "a place in Mexico" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a place in mexico = acapulco.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.