The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 letter word DAIRY FARM
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result DAIRY FARM
- Welshman tracks remote maiden where cows are milked?
- Legion retreats to hold remote rural station
- A large number hold service up for food supplier
- RAF turns up in limitless number circling Cheshire factory
- Host returning, having traversed distant part of country
- Supplier of milk bottles unconcerned greatly with limits to dream
- Jersey’s place for growing up in?
- A large number from the south covered miles to find this milk supplier
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "rural station" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rural station = dairy farm.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.