The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ROTHERHAM
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More clues leading to the result ROTHERHAM
- Town drive takes in different hotel
- Amateur behind nonsense seen by that woman in town
- Drive to secure second hospital for northern town
- Rare moth flitting round home in Yorkshire town
- Northern town‘s alternative starter of haggis in batter
- Spoil woman’s meat in South Yorkshire
- Somewhere in Yorkshire the woman’s tucking into rubbish meat
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Northern town" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case northern town = rotherham.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.