The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word WARDROBES
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More clues leading to the result WARDROBES
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The straight part
We know that "Places for hanging" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case places for hanging = wardrobes.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WARDROBES mean?
WARDROBES noun- A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.
- A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.
- The building housing such a department.
- Any closet used for storing anything.
- A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.
- The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).
- A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.
- A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.
- Anything that similarly stores or houses something.
- The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.
- Any collection of clothing.
- Any collection of anything.
- A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or urinating and defecating.
- Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.
- To act as a wardrobe department, to provide clothing or sets of clothes.