The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LAUSANNE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result LAUSANNE
- Lots of Swiss here walk round university hospital
- The French queen tours American lakeside city
- Road goes round country, coming to north European city
- In France, the American girl’s city
- City road goes round country to the north
- Left gold, last of collection, in reasonable place in Switzerland
- American article contributing to passage in Swiss municipality
- Road around America descending to northern city
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "akeside city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case akeside city = lausanne.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.