The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 5 letter word SHIP CANAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SHIP CANAL
- Chaplains at sea making way for sailors
- Part of patient's hip can allow artificial passage
- Plain cash released for Panama, perhaps
- Quick look round in Hollywood location recalled a feature of Manchester
- Cash plan I worked out for waterway
- Manchester has one chaplains condemned
- Chaplains interpreted passage with great craft
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The straight part
We know that "a feature of Manchester" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a feature of manchester = ship canal.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.