Cryptic crossword clue
Drunken sot with relics in places of refuge? 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CLOISTERS

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The straight part
We know that "places of refuge" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case places of refuge = cloisters.
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 CLOISTERS mean?

CLOISTERS noun
  1. A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle; especially:
  2. A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.
  3. The monastic life.
CLOISTERS verb
  1. To become a Roman Catholic religious.
  2. To confine in a cloister, voluntarily or not.
  3. To deliberately withdraw from worldly things.
  4. To provide with a cloister or cloisters.
  5. To protect or isolate.

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