The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WHARF
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More clues leading to the result WHARF
- Yorkshire river out east where vessels tie up
- Hotel far off with whiskey where voyager gets loaded?
- Conflict involving hospital and fellow in dock
- Leaders of the West hurry and return from the dock
- Hard to stop fighting before force landing
- Struggle to keep hotel by loud quayside area
- Wife and husband with a third horny female... that could get salty!
- Steer leaves floating fresh water dock
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The straight part
We know that "landing" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case landing = wharf.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 WHARF mean?
WHARF noun- A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
- The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.
- To secure by a wharf.
- To place on a wharf.