The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 8 letter word ENTENTE CORDIALE
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More clues leading to the result ENTENTE CORDIALE
- Deal to trade lenience?
- European agreement centred on tale I fabricated, unworkable ultimately
- Ile de Centre, not a bad French accommodation
- Friendly understanding altered niece, not surprisingly
- English conservationists, doubly green, railed about Anglo/French agreement
- Electorate, in end, agitated for European Union
- Nation re-elected lunatic making cross-channel pact
- 5 Perhaps French camping call centre restricted agreement
- Understanding hospital departments provided tablet and drink at end of procedure
- It could give Nice altered tone potentially?
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The straight part
We know that "friendly relationship between nations" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case friendly relationship between nations = entente cordiale.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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