The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CASBAH
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More clues leading to the result CASBAH
- Ready to tour Basra, not content in Arab city area
- Graduate invested in funds for African fortress
- Money maintains company known for flying fortress in Africa
- Airline in the money acquires African citadel area
- Notes, perhaps, written about bachelor in African citadel
- Ready money graduate’s banked in African city quarter
- Fort ready to defend our fliers
- Clash rocked this African fortress
- Money graduate collected for community near castle
- Part of the above money, including 50% from bank
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The straight part
We know that "African city quarter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case african city quarter = casbah.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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What does CASBAH mean?
CASBAH noun- The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
- (by synecdoche) The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.