The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 6 letter word RED PLANET
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More clues leading to the result RED PLANET
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- Land Peter tilled for one of our neighbours
- Scanned sound surface at the end of the world
- Amazingly, nerd leapt to Mars
- Mars Socialist and French design beforehand
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- Factory under loss — accepting men essentially are from Mars
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "one of our neighbours" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one of our neighbours = red planet.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.