The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DWELLING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DWELLING
- Place of residence of daughter: area of London once in Kent
- Living well in vacant, decaying housing
- Satisfactorily located in row, good home
- House poor Mark somewhere in London
- House sound as a bell outside and fine inside
- House Democrat rising
- House coming up on end of road
- Gushing after seeing daughter’s home
- Fighting to resolve dispute with wife for university accommodation
- Lodge in digs oddly, housing on good terms
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The straight part
We know that "House" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case house = dwelling.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 DWELLING mean?
DWELLING noun- A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.
- To live; to reside.
- To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
- To be in a given state.
- To abide; to remain; to continue.