The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BERLINER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
B
E
R
L
I
N
E
R
More clues leading to the result BERLINER
- German city-dweller to live right next to ship
- City-dweller to live right next to ship
- Doughnut: rank filling in endless fruit
- German ship to go after the end of four months?
- German pilsner bottles right and left at home
- German trio ending four months on ship
- German barrels regularly near ship
- Capitalist’s newspaper?
- Be joining skipper finally on ship — a German
- European citizen in trio ending off four months on ship
Buddy explains!
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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.