The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 4 letter word PICNIC AREA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PICNIC AREA
- ‘Select’ prison: more spacious, by the sound of it, with pleasant place for lunch
- Child’s play surface outside place to eat
- Speaker's stocky? Department provides space for a lunch in the park
- 'Select' prison: more spacious, by the sound of it, with pleasant place for lunch
- Photograph King during a nice relaxed afternoon, beginning outside eating place
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "outside eating place" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case outside eating place = picnic area.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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