The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LANDLADY
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More clues leading to the result LANDLADY
- Guesthouse owner with son in outskirts of Londonderry?
- Woman who’ll let son into light infantry in the end
- Go ashore, son, to Yarmouth’s first female inn-keeper
- Commercial breaks tastelessly cutting off British host
- Woman of letters?
- Fifty-plus male seen with unknown woman of property
- Catch boy by yard pointing to woman with lodgers
- An accommodating woman
- Accommodating woman with young man in outskirts of Londonderry
- Letter from two boys around New Year
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The straight part
We know that "host" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case host = landlady.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 LANDLADY mean?
LANDLADY noun- A female landlord.