The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word RESIDENCE
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More clues leading to the result RESIDENCE
- Cider seen splashed about seat
- Home cider seen brewing
- You might say flat rice needs to be stirred up
- Possibly flat surface in new unopened screen
- Home team appears during second half of conference
- Eric needs new abode
- Home team in Italian city losing first three
- Decree nisi produced when one abandoned home
- Dire scene, broken home
- Rough cider seen in home
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The straight part
We know that "seat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case seat = residence.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.
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What does RESIDENCE mean?
RESIDENCE noun- The place where one lives; one's home.
- A building used as a home.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- The place where anything rests permanently.
- Subsidence, as of a sediment
- That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- A base of Russian espionage operations within a foreign country.