The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 3 letter word NISSEN HUT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NISSEN HUT
- First of early NHS units built in military accommodation
- Military facility shuts, nine redeployed
- Sunshine transformed front of the military prefab
- Sunshine altered temperature in shelter
- Perhaps he is nuts storing nitrogen in military structure?
- Wrong over having to prevent access to space inside military housing unit
- Soldiers’ lodgings in Northern Ireland closed? About three-quarters
- Shelter from the sun, after tanning back in sun first
- Put up popular nurse in secure metal shelter
- Shelter for navy is closed with nurse on board
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The straight part
We know that "Shelter/Shelter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shelter/shelter = nissen hut.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.