The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 plus 4 letter word WATERING HOLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WATERING HOLE
- After start of wedding nag hotelier about where to get adrink
- Employer of barmaid, one with large bust
- Worried group in full pub
- Hot wine and lager dished up in pub
- Total drinks miscalculated in great pub
- Where bar snacks may be served on large white crackers?
- Local place for refreshing game
- A hotel we ring turns out to be a pub
- Local place for refreshing game
- One with lager, drunk here
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