The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NAIRN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NAIRN
- New, excellent service gets you to Scottish destination
- Turning near Scotsman's place in Highland region
- Port on the Moray Firth making appearance in news
- Scottish town‘s appearance in news?
- Clean air now much reduced in Scottish resort
- Broadcast controlled by Nationalists in Scottish town
- Scot returns to service somewhere in Scotland
- Scots town’s song in the news
- Scottish town grandmother with a streak of the Irish in her
- Look in notes for links?
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The straight part
We know that "Scottish resort" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scottish resort = nairn.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.