The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 2 plus 9 letter word HALL OF RESIDENCE
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More clues leading to the result HALL OF RESIDENCE
- Student digs horse called Fine Going
- Student dwelling on if she recalled revising
- Hot and cold ale is free to distribute round new place for students
- Not good college friend has trashed his accommodation?
- Fish one recalled cooked in student accommodation
- A chief’s enrolled to rebuild part of campus
- Lecturer in dean’s chief role organised college accommodation
- A chief’s enrolled surprisingly in student digs
- One’s up for living here
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The straight part
We know that "accomodation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case accomodation = hall of residence.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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