The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EDINBURGH
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More clues leading to the result EDINBURGH
- City diner mostly cooked hot food from the east
- Bride hung about in Scotland
- English row about food close to Spanish city
- City journalist at home gets hot food served up
- Dine badly on hospital food back in Scotland
- I’d book Hunger Games for northern city
- Scottish city racket, returning food – what about that?
- City reporter batting for town
- Huge bird unhappy over new location for zoo
- Dine extravagantly, going to hot food counter in Scottish city
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Scottish city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scottish city = edinburgh.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.