The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BRAE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
B
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More clues leading to the result BRAE
- Bank of Scotland being courageous, but not very?
- What’s close to bust? Eastern bank in Aberdeen
- Attention! Bishop turning up in Glasgow bank
- Support mechanism put before European bank
- Artist visiting ben briefly as well as hill in Fife
- Bank of Scotland‘s audacious, but not very
- Scottish bank daring to withdraw capital from Venezuela
- Bank of Scotland to slow down, sacking 1,000
- Scottish bank starts off brisk recovery after expansion
- Bank in Edinburgh daring to sack 5
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Northern bank" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case northern bank = brae.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.
What does BRAE mean?
BRAE noun- The sloping bank of a river valley.
- Any hillside or slope.