The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word IGLOOS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result IGLOOS
- Pieces of Inuit Greenland with little rooms?
- Endless darkness is found around northern blockhouses
- Foremost of Inuit gaffs with small rooms?
- Misery mostly seen in island’s northern blockhouses
- One gets good toilets in particular huts
- Soldier’s taken over facilities in homes up north
- Houses in which to find police officer almost unbound
- Police officer can begin surveying ice Hs
- One thousand bathrooms for northern homes
- Very old, solider heads north to find accommodation there
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The straight part
We know that "homes up north" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case homes up north = igloos.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 IGLOOS mean?
IGLOOS noun- A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.
- A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.
- A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.
- (logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.