The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word KITCHEN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result KITCHEN
- Room for preparing all we know, longing to intervene
- Kenneth longing to go inside part of house
- Have great desire to put in range here?
- Young boy harbours desire
- Toy boy outside Long Room
- Tick off chicken as food produced here
- Thicken stews — here?
- Cooks here know about desire
- Percussionists know about hankering
- Thick stews in French cuisine, as they say in Paris
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The straight part
We know that "Thicken stews — here?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case thicken stews — here? = kitchen.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does KITCHEN mean?
KITCHEN noun- A room or area for preparing food.
- Cuisine.
- The nape of a person's hairline, often referring to its uncombed or "nappy" look.
- The percussion section of an orchestra.
- A utensil for roasting meat.
- A domesticated or uneducated form of a language.
- A public gaming room in a casino.
- Anything eaten as a relish with bread, potatoes, etc.
- To do kitchen work; to prepare food.
- To embellish a basic food; to season, add condiments, etc.
- (by extension) To embellish; to dress up.