The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ESTATES
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More clues leading to the result ESTATES
- They’re left behind in European nations
- More than one holding tablet speaks
- Stuff people have left behind in European countries
- Lands in protest at establishment
- Lands in Florida and Carolina say?
- More than one landed property develops bar frontage
- Tsetse flies around, covering capital of African lands
- Swanky homes the length of the Atlantic seaboard
- Properties, say, in Home Counties going up
- European nations and lands for development
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The straight part
We know that "cars" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cars = estates.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ESTATES mean?
ESTATES noun- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- State; condition.
- Status, rank.
- The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
- A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
- A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
- The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
- The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
- (sometimes derogatory) A housing estate.
- A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating).
- The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.