The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word FISH FARM
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More clues leading to the result FISH FARM
- Breeding ground for schools
- Sports body holding quiet jolly in place of breeding?
- Commercial breeding ground for schools?
- Quiet footballers in company providing breeding ground for schools
- Female is hurt outside front of French establishment providing food
- Source of stock used in bouillabaisse, perhaps, as chef has regularly in company
- A floundering enterprise?
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The straight part
We know that "place of breeding" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case place of breeding = fish farm.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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