The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AUBERGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result AUBERGE
- Vegetable lacking in hotel
- Local taxi company in time
- Parisian inn needs time accepting taxi firm
- Taxi service comes in time – best not to drive after visit here?
- In part of 10 a beer mug’s broken in pieces, Frenchman’s thrown out
- Inn‘s ingredient used for moussaka not popular
- Taxi service housed by a grand European hotel
- Inn some time occupied by cabbies
- Vegetable missing in French hostelry
- Vegetable not favoured in foreign inn
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "French hostel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case french hostel = auberge.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.
What does AUBERGE mean?
AUBERGE noun- An inn or hostel.