The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 6 letter word OLD BAILEY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OLD BAILEY
- Where to try one former bar at Lord’s each year at first?
- Getting on with photographer the famous court
- Where people are given time over ad-lib, having fluffed line
- Here many condemned medieval sort of bridge
- I’d obey all that’s ordered in court
- Mature photographer the famous court
- Historic release during proceedings upset the ancient court
- Bill that amuses by getting on court
- Hugo’s ending gross libel with day in court
- Reprinted bold top line where sentence begins?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "court" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case court = old bailey.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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