The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REUNION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result REUNION
- Concerning one in French isle just after gathering for friends?
- Meeting of old mates concerning alliance
- French department concerned with organisation of labour
- Respecting wedding party
- Island meeting of old friends
- Old pals do get about with workers’ association
- Island gathering of the clans
- French island where ties can be renewed
- Change euro in new French region
- Engineers and workers meeting as old friends?
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The straight part
We know that "meeting as old friends" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case meeting as old friends = reunion.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REUNION mean?
REUNION noun- The process or act of reuniting.
- A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.