The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word IGLOO
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More clues leading to the result IGLOO
- White House soldier going round facilities
- Crossing head of glacier I look at old Inuit house
- House in India with grand bathroom
- Little room behind one, good packed house
- Current, unending depression round White House
- Block-house, one not all dark
- One sticky mess has got left in hut
- Current despondency interminable in White House
- I see nothing grand in this dome-shaped dwelling
- Dome-shaped dwelling I see during journey
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The straight part
We know that "Block-house" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case block-house = igloo.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.
What does IGLOO mean?
IGLOO noun- A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
- A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
- A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
- (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.