The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CONCOURSE
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More clues leading to the result CONCOURSE
- Open part of station training for swindlers?
- Meeting in study classes on a particular topic
- Lobby Tory over hunt
- Open area where classes can absorb corporal?
- Hall not for lectures? (9
- Possible syllabus on Tories is coming together
- Conservative movement is coming together
- Hundred following correct route in large hall
- Meeting place for many on racetrack
- Head of construction following schedule to make part of airport
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The straight part
We know that "Hall" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hall = concourse.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 CONCOURSE mean?
CONCOURSE noun- A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.
- A large group of people; a crowd.
- The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.
- An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
- Concurrence; cooperation