The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TOWN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TOWN
- Urban area to west — and London’s east end
- Fashionable society around west London?
- Area that’s developed to west and north
- Fashion to drink whiskey where more people are around
- Initially the operatives work near urban area
- Community to triumph, but one missing out
- Reading for one hour having left cast
- Draw? Point for football team, commonly
- Nowt up in Ilkley, say
- Deal, possibly, with 100 vices
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The straight part
We know that "London?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case london? = town.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 TOWN mean?
TOWN noun- A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.
- Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.
- A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
- The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
- Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.
- A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
- A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
- An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
- The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
- A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
- A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.