The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word SAN DIEGO
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More clues leading to the result SAN DIEGO
- Girl to depart for city in US
- I repeatedly must follow beach leading to Pacific port
- Diane's arranged to leave US city
- Son and I twice spotted in US coastal location
- Coastal city beach that’s on journey
- Drunken sea-dog in coastal location
- Agonised after explosion in US port
- Work on beach that is in US city
- Smooth self-confidence about one in the city
- Shaw’s good old city
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The straight part
We know that "Pacific port" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pacific port = san diego.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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