The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NEIGHBOUR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NEIGHBOUR
- Unexpectedly huge, Robin Hood’s person?
- Close one’s rubbish bin — huge odour after emptying!
- Local resident shows love for daughter in New Edinburgh
- Being troubled about front of house, our resident down the street?
- Being beside oneself
- Happy hour binge for one next door
- With whom one can have close call, hour being out of joint
- Happy hour binge in one next door
- Sit next to Happy Hour binger briefly
- Bizarrely, “our big hen” is how Sunak might describe Johnson
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The straight part
We know that "local resident" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case local resident = neighbour.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 NEIGHBOUR mean?
NEIGHBOUR noun- A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
- One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
- A fellow human being.
- To be adjacent to
- (followed by "on"; figurative) To be similar to, to be almost the same as.
- To associate intimately with; to be close to.