The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 13 letter word ACCOMMODATION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ACCOMMODATION
- Housing agreement
- What hotel may provide attempt at a compromise?
- Fitting in living quarters
- Compromise? Hotel for instance offers it
- Housing allowance
- What can be done about piece of furniture being short? Put on a board
- The homeless may be looking for this compromise
- Housing settlement
- Hotel providing this arrangement?
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The straight part
We know that "Housing/settlement" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case housing/settlement = accommodation.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 ACCOMMODATION mean?
ACCOMMODATION noun- (usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
- (physical) Adaptation or adjustment.
- (personal) Adaptation or adjustment.
- The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
- Modifications to make one's way of speaking similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse; code-switching.