The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word UPLAND
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More clues leading to the result UPLAND
- “Long live Britain?” gets you down, possibly
- Superior little place and it’s high above the meadows
- In Urdu oddly, map showing hilly area
- Odd bits of Urdu on edges of map identifying hills
- Superior map produced by duke to show type of territory
- Possibly fell and died after united plot
- Hilltop plot covered in mud? Not at first
- Mountainous region in state territory
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The straight part
We know that "hills" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hills = upland.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 UPLAND mean?
UPLAND noun- The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally mountainous (compare highlands).
- The country, as against the town.
- Of, relating to, or situated in the uplands.