The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 5 letter word TOWN HOUSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TOWN HOUSE
- Perimeter of site below you around private residence
- Accommodation in Euston? Who’s travelling?
- Arrangement for South-East to limit private dwelling
- Dwelling on how suet is cooked
- Dwelling — note how that’s arranged to accommodate you and me
- In which a villager may not be at home
- No!, we shout, when this building is demolished
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The straight part
We know that "Dwelling" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dwelling = town house.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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