The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word IMARET
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result IMARET
- Italian provides accommodation for horse in travellers’ inn
- Turkish hostelry welcomed by pilgrim — a retreat
- Travel lodge? Maria singularly takes refuge in it
- Hospice for travellers — one with free meat having partridge stuffing!
- Hotel abroad? It’s occupied by evil spirit
- Middle Eastern lodging appeal to save horse
- Inn for travellers — it accommodates horse
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The straight part
We know that "Turkish hostelry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case turkish hostelry = imaret.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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