The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word YOKOHAMA
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More clues leading to the result YOKOHAMA
- Oriental setting for ‘edgy work’ from Beatles wife and naked mystic?
- Port, liquid okay to cover duck meat
- City lad loses protection after playing hooky in the morning
- Hook may set out to reach a Japanese port
- Give peace a chance, she said, with Syrian city and port
- Arab militants briefly pursue Lennon’s widow in Japanese port
- . Lennon's wife has pork at a city
- Radio enthusiast followed Lennon's wife at a Japanese port town
- Mrs Lennon gets food by beginning of act in Japanese city
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The straight part
We know that "Oriental setting for ‘edgy work’" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case oriental setting for ‘edgy work’ = yokohama.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.