Cryptic crossword clue
Health resorts in which one finds a saint or a drunk 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SANATORIA

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Health resorts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case health resorts = sanatoria.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SANATORIA mean?

SANATORIA noun
  1. An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

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