The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STABLES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result STABLES
- Prick takes on the French hacks accommodated here
- Small pieces of furniture in homes of Arabs and others
- Nocturnal creatures flying around the French farm buildings
- Well-known landscapes — no kidding — these could be set in the Lambourn Valley
- Desk in Sunday School where string’s kept
- Food in ship where horses are kept
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The straight part
We know that "where horses are kept" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case where horses are kept = stables.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 STABLES mean?
STABLES noun- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
- (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
- A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.