The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 letter word CAPE COD
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More clues leading to the result CAPE COD
- What’s outstanding in New England? Better eastern seafood
- Head across pond east — better fish all round
- Top Italian novelist died in coastal area of Massachusetts
- Coast’s Atlantic; people enjoying clams or dogfish for starters?
- Batman’s seen in this hoax in American resort
- American resort‘s limit on English fish
- Garment paid for on receipt somewhere in Massachusetts
- Just like a superhero to secure company in part of Massachusetts
- Coast's Atlantic; people enjoying clams or dogfish for starters?
- Batman's seen in this hoax in American resort
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The straight part
We know that "coastal area of Massachusetts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case coastal area of massachusetts = cape cod.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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