The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word RENDEZVOUS
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More clues leading to the result RENDEZVOUS
- Meeting-place in New Zealand at first overused, sadly
- Meeting zone used very regularly when abroad
- Meeting’s nervous, worried about returning last letter
- Meeting and event with limitations exposed soured sadly? There’s zero in it
- Engineer nervous about type of bar erected in venue
- Besotted over Zeus, vacuous naiad interrupting assignation
- Criminal nervous about unknown journalist turning up for meeting
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The straight part
We know that "Meeting" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case meeting = rendezvous.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 RENDEZVOUS mean?
RENDEZVOUS noun- A meeting or date.
- An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
- A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
- The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
- A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
- Retreat, refuge.
- To meet at an agreed time and place.