The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word APIARY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result APIARY
- . Queen’s accommodation in Taipei, fairly regularly visited
- Not very quiet birdhouse – it’s full of bees
- In the outskirts of Ankara, detective tracks insects here
- Assistant lifted up skimmed log where workers gather
- Reporters on Daily Record ignoring first place that’s buzzing
- News agency journal’s not the first where things are kept buzzing?
- Place with birds keeping quiet but not very! There’s a buzz here!
- Garden to go for a bee-house
- A quiet place, airy and full of bees
- Collectors' colony
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The straight part
We know that "social workers’ home" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case social workers’ home = apiary.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 APIARY mean?
APIARY noun- A place where bees and their hives are kept.