The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TENANTS
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More clues leading to the result TENANTS
- Occupants in temporary shelters want at heart to be housed
- Those who occupy a very small colony?
- A number of hill-workers who rent accommodation?
- Letters may inform them of legal requirements
- A few workers who live in
- Letters prosper as these people occupy
- Roomers include one in camp shelter to the south
- People in an apartment a decade with bugs
- People renting temporary shelters around North America
- Renters catch up with workers
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The straight part
We know that "Those who occupy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case those who occupy = tenants.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 TENANTS mean?
TENANTS noun- One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
- One who has possession of any place.
- One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
- Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
- To hold as, or be, a tenant.
- To inhabit.