The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HOVEL
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More clues leading to the result HOVEL
- Head off to dig hole
- Southern seaside town with large house of ill repute
- Husband nearly finished large hole
- Poor house for a student near part of Brighton actually
- Woeful accommodation in hotel needing change of heart
- In coastal resort, left poor accommodation
- On the south coast, starting life in a squalid dwelling
- Poor house for student near Brighton
- Shed husband for new romance, maybe?
- Hand tool used without opening shed?
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The straight part
We know that "accommodation/which is very basic" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case accommodation/which is very basic = hovel.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 HOVEL mean?
HOVEL noun- An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
- A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
- In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
- To put in a hovel; to shelter.
- To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.